Traditional Phrase-Structure rules

1000 words essay 1. Sx2: Traditional Phrase-Structure rules (e.g S NP VP; VP V NP) capture in a succinct and elegant manner many significant generalisations underlying our implicit knowledge of the syntax of natural languages such as English, Welsh, Arabic or Japanese. However, there are also many significant generalisations about natural language syntax that they fail to describe. Discuss what aspects of syntax they can describe and what aspects they cannot