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In X-bar theory, a functional projection is the projection of a functional head, such as COMP (CP), INFL (IP), or Det (DP). The underlying assumption is that, like the lexical heads N, A, V and P, functional heads have a syntactic projection as dictated by X-bar theory.

Comment

A fundamental question is whether there is a limit to the number of functional categories. It seems reasonable to assume that their projection is in some sense parasitic on, or an extension of, a lexical projection.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

Abney, S. 1987. The English Noun Phrase in its Sentential Aspect, Unpublished Diss MIT.
Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Ouhalla, J. 1990. Functional categories and parametric variation, diss. UCL.

Other languages

German funktionale Projektion

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-The syntactic Xbar projection of a functional head, such as COMP ([[CP]]), INFL ([[IP]]), or Det ([[DP]]). The underlying assumption is that, like lexical heads N, A, V and P, functional heads have a syntactic projection as dictated by [[X-bar theory]]. A fundamental question is whether there is a limit to the number of functional categories. It seems reasonable to assume that their projection is in some sense parasitic on, or an extension of, a lexical projection.
+In [[X-bar theory]], a '''functional projection''' is the [[projection]] of a [[functional head]], such as [[COMP]] ([[CP]]), [[INFL]] ([[IP]]), or [[Det]] ([[DP]]). The underlying assumption is that, like the [[lexical head]]s N, A, V and P, functional heads have a syntactic projection as dictated by [[X-bar theory]].
+===Comment===
+A fundamental question is whether there is a limit to the number of [[functional category|functional categories]]. It seems reasonable to assume that their projection is in some sense parasitic on, or an extension of, a lexical projection.
 === Link ===
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 * Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
 * Ouhalla, J. 1990. ''Functional categories and parametric variation,'' diss. UCL.
+===Other languages===
+German [[funktionale Projektion]]
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 [[Category:Syntax]]