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i. Structure dependency – all operations on sentences are defined in terms of phrase structure rather than linear sequence.
ii. The Head parameter – Each phrase contains a head (main word) and all phrases in a given language have the head in the same position. The head position is however different from language to language which introduces the concept of a parameter governed rule.
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