Unordered Merge and its Linearization
Unordered Merge and its Linearization
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无序合并及其线性化
DOI:
10.1111/1467-9612.00014
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发表时间:
1999
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通讯作者:
Charles D. Yang
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作者:
Charles D. Yang
In the Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995), Merge is a set operation that imposes no intrinsic ordering among its members. However, syntactic structures are linearized into strings of words at PF. This paper proposes that in order for a Merger set to be linearized, its members must be either hierarchically displaced or morphologically fused into a single terminal node. The empirical study focuses on the structure of DP and its linearization in various constructions. It is shown that the Definiteness Effect (DE) can be attributed to the failure to linearize the DP in unaccusatives. The systematic lack of the DE in some languages (Arabic, Hebrew, and Romanian), unexpected in previous analyses, is due to the morphological N-to-D raising (fusion), therefore satisfying the linearization condition. Furthermore, cross-linguistic evidence is given to show that D can be attracted out of DP for feature checking, rendering transitive DP arguments well-formed. Linguistics is the study of Form and Meaning and their relations. Situated in a broad theory of mind, a linguistic theory aims to describe and explain the properties of the perceptual (Form) and conceptual (Meaning) interfaces, and the rules and representations employed to relate them. The Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995) outlines a research framework rooted in this conceptual necessity. It suggests that essential properties of human language are largely determined by the Bare Output Conditionsat the external interfaces: Phonetic Form (PF) and Logical Form (LF). These conditions impose constraints on the possible structures of human language. The computational system of human language, CHL, is a generative procedure that composes linguistic structures to satisfy interface conditions. Lexical items, essentially sets of feature bundles, are assembled by structure-building operations that apply recursively, in the Humboldtian sense of ''infinite use of finite means.'' The computation branches at the point of Spell-out, sending formed syntactic structures to PF and LF for interpretation. It is further conjectured that the CHL exhibits a certain degree of economy, which avoids superfluous operations and extraneous representations in the course of syntactic composition. To explore the consequence of the Minimalist approach, we must be precise about its theoretical assumptions in order for research problems to be
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发表时间:
2007
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Proceedings of the 135th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan
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作者:
O Baoill;Donall P. and Hideki Maki
通讯作者:
Donall P. and Hideki Maki