摘要
本文基于前人对动词空缺句不对称的研究,提出新证据(否极词的允准、量词漂移)支持以下观点:一是动词空缺句第一分句和第二分句存在不对称的成分统制关系;二是动词空缺是两个动词组并列。文章指出Johnson(1994)分析的优点、所具有的语言类型学价值和存在的缺点,并且提出一种改良的分析方法,从而既可以解释动词空缺句的所有不对称句法特征,又能避免Johnson分析方法所面临的难题。本文把动词空缺和左边界省略归为同一类语言现象,认为两者的差异只是源于并列结构的不同,而非动词提升的位置不同。本文最后提出,汉语不存在动词空缺,因为汉语主语基础生成于SpecIP位置,而非SpecυP位置。
This paper presents new evidence(NPI licensing and quantifier floating)for the structural asymmetry in English verb gapping.It is argued that there is an asymmetric c-commanding relation between the first and the second conjunct and verb gapping involves coordination of two VPs.A revised syntactic structure is thus proposed for verb gapping based on Johnson(1994)and Tang(2001).Further,a uniform analysis is adopted to tackle verb gapping and Left Peripheral Deletion(LPD),both of which involve ATB movement of the verb to the light verb position and differ only in verb phrase coordination.The paper concludes with a preliminary discussion on verb gapping in mandarin Chinese in an attempt to relate it to the topology of verb gapping.
出处
《现代外语》
CSSCI
北大核心
2007年第2期124-134,共11页
Modern Foreign Languages
