Phases and the syntax of applicatives
Phases and the syntax of applicatives
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应用词的阶段和语法
DOI：
10.11575/prism/10027
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发表时间：
2000
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影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
M. McGinnis
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作者：
M. McGinnis
直到最近，应用句句法的跨语言差异一直被归因于任意变异(例如Baker 1988，Bresnan&Moshi 1990，Marantz 1993，Ura 1996)。例如，有人认为(McGinnis1998a，1998b)，移位和A-bar移位一样，尊重相对化的最小限度，双宾语结构的形成过程中的跨语言变异是由于存在或不存在允许较低的宾语跳过较高的宾语而到达主语位置的“逃生通道”。像其他假设任意变化的描述一样，这个描述提出了一个严肃的可学性问题：一个孩子如何才能知道是否有这样的逃生舱口？这篇论文为这个问题提供了答案的起点。其核心观点是，“应用”结构(如双宾语结构)在性质上的大量跨语言变异可以归结为一个词汇参数。词典包含一个或多个应用(APPL)中心词，它可以表示事件和个人之间的关系，也可以表示两个人之间的关系(Pylkkänen 2000)。(1a)表示第一种类型，(1b)表示第二种类型。
Until recently, cross-linguistic differences in the syntax of applicative constructions have been attributed to arbitrary variation (e.g. Baker 1988, Bresnan & Moshi 1990, Marantz 1993, Ura 1996). For example, it has been argued (McGinnis 1998a, 1998b) that Amovement, like A-bar movement, respects relativized minimality, and that crosslinguistic variations in the formation of the double-object construction arise from the presence or absence of an “escape hatch,” which allows the lower object to leapfrog over the higher one to the subject position. Like other accounts that assume arbitrary variation, this account raises a serious learnability question: how could a child learn whether such an escape hatch is available? The present paper offers the beginnings of an answer to this question. The central proposal is that a substantial amount of the cross-linguistic variation in properties of “applicative” constructions (such as the double-object construction) is reducible to a lexical parameter. The lexicon contains one or more applicative (Appl) heads, which may denote a relation between an event and an individual, or a relation between two individuals (Pylkkänen 2000). (1a) shows the first type, and (1b) shows the second.