Specifier

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In syntax, specifier is the sister of X′ in the X-bar schema of phrase structure seen in the tree diagram below (where XP corresponds to X″):

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Different form classes can occupy a specifier position, typically determiners and possessors in noun phrases (N″), and an auxiliary verb in a verb phrase (V″).

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