The third criterion is also known as distribution. The distribution of a given syntactic unit determines the syntactic category to which it belongs. The distributional behavior of syntactic units is identified by substitution.See Culicover (1982:8ff.). Like syntactic units can be substituted for each other.
The third criterion is also known as distribution. The distribution of a given syntactic unit determines the syntactic category to which it belongs The distributional behavior of syntactic units is identified by substitution.See Culicover (1982:8ff.). Like syntactic units can be substituted for each othe.r.