Article outline

• 5.1What’s in this chapter
• 5.2Only combinatorial grammar is regular
• 5.3Examples of combinatorial grammar
• 5.4Auxiliary selection in Italian
• 5.5Adjective position in French
• 5.6Prepositions in Spanish and English
• 5.7Aspectual coercion in English
• 5.8Non-combinatorial grammar
  • 5.8.1Empty categories
  • 5.8.2Constraints
  • 5.8.3Phenomena at the interfaces
• 5.9Examples of non-combinatorial grammar
  • 5.9.1Null subjects in pro-drop languages
  • 5.9.2Grammatical aspect
• 5.10To sum up