Les coordinations relevant-elles de la syntaxe X-barre?

<jats:p>Robert D, Borsley: Coordination and X-bar Syntax. </jats:p> <jats:p>It is widely accepted within Principles and Parameters theory that coordinate structures are Conjunction Phrases, in which the first term is the specifier, the conjunction the head, and the second </jats:p> <jats:p>term the complement. They differ from typical specifier-head-complement structures in various ways. so at most they could be exceptional instances of such structures. A consideration of the distribution </jats:p> <jats:p>of coordinate structures, the number of conjuncts (or terms), the nature of conjuncts (or terms), and </jats:p> <jats:p>the basic structure of coordinate structures suggests that there are no significant similarilies between </jats:p> <jats:p>coordinate structures and specifier-head-complement structures and a consideration of certain </jats:p> <jats:p>unbalanced coordinate structures points to the same conclusion. It seems, then, that the Conjunction Phrase analysis is untenable.</jats:p>