The Greenbergian word order correlations
The Greenbergian word order correlations
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格林伯格词序相关性
DOI：
10.1353/lan.1992.0028
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发表时间：
1992
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
M. Dryer
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作者：
M. Dryer
本文以625种语言为样本，对语序相关性进行了详细的实证研究。主要结果是确定哪些元素对按顺序与动词和宾语相关。一些声称与动词和宾语顺序相关的元素对实际上并没有表现出任何相关性。我反对头部依赖理论(HDT)，根据该理论，关联性反映了头部和被依附者顺序一致的趋势。我提供了另一种解释，分支方向理论(BDT)，基于短语和非短语元素的一致顺序。根据BDT的说法，语序相关性反映了一种趋势，即语言总是向右分支或一致地向左分支。
This paper reports on the results of a detailed empirical study of word order correlations, based on a sample of 625 languages. The primary result is a determination of exactly what pairs of elements correlate in order with the verb and object. Some pairs of elements that have been claimed to correlate in order with the verb and object do not in fact exhibit any correlation. I argue against the Head-Dependent Theory (HDT), according to which the correlations reflect a tendency towards consistent ordering of heads and dependents. I offer an alternative account, the Branching Direction Theory (BDT), based on consistent ordering of phrasal and nonphrasal elements. According to the BDT, the word order correlations reflect a tendency for languages to be consistently right-branching or consistently left-branching.*