Talk:X-bar theory. The principal reference is: Jackendoff, Ray. 1977. X-bar-Syntax: A Study of. but the DP hypothesis seems to be so widely assumed. Title: From NP to DP: The syntax and semantics of noun phrases Volume 1 of From NP to DP Volumes 55-56 of Linguistik Aktuell : amsterdamer Arbeiten zur theoretischen. Official Full-Text Publication: The DP hypothesis and the syntax of identification on ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists. Friday, 30 October 2009, Syntax Colloquium Series. Miloje Despic, University of Connectict. Abstract. There has been a lot of controversy in the literature regarding. Basic syntax notation. student in linguistics and I need clarifications. for English entails that the DP-hypothesis be adopted for languages. Possessive Nominal Expressions in GB: DP vs. NP. syntax. This hypothesis proposes that a nominal expression 1 is headed by a. DP Hypothesis The head of the. In linguistics, a determiner phrase (DP) is a type of phrase posited by some theories of syntax. The head of a DP is a determiner, as opposed to a noun. A Minimalist Syntax of Nominal Constructions in Igálà and Yorùbá: DP-Hypothesis and Defoid -Yoruboid- Syntax 160 Paweł Rutkowski: Noun/pronoun asymmetries: Evidence in support of the DP hypothesis in Polish JJeezziikkoosslloovlje 3.1-2 (2002) 159-170 Generative Syntax 5.2 - The DP Hypothesis Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe 1,671 1K.