File talk:Linguistics-illustration-determinerphrase.gif

To make the image more lay-understandable, can I suggest making the tree:

  Noun Phrase
    /     \
 the      cats
  |        / \
 /De/   /kAt/ /s/
  |       |    |
 [De]   [kAt] [s]

or maybe with something less transparent at the phonetic level

    Noun Phrase
    /          \
 the        profanity
  |          /      \
 /De/   /prOUfEIn/ /Iti/
  |       |        |
 [De]   /prOUfAn/ /Iti/