Principles and Parameters in a VSO Language
Principles and Parameters in a VSO Language
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VSO语言的原理和参数
DOI：
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168211.001.0001
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发表时间：
2005
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
I. Roberts
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作者：
I. Roberts
这是第一次使用极简主义理论对英语中的威尔士语句法进行全书长度的研究。本文的中心实证问题是在原则与参数理论和威尔士语作为VSO语言的背景下，对威尔士语的语序和分句结构进行分析。罗伯茨的中心问题：普遍语法的哪些参数值决定了VSO的顺序？为了回答这个问题，他使用了参数，这些参数的价值植根于类型学和语言习得的考虑。在此过程中，他证明了乔姆斯基最近提出的扩展投影原理的概念是高度相关的，尽管它需要一个稍微抽象的公式。罗伯茨对参数的谨慎使用，他在威尔士语和罗曼斯语之间独特的跨语言报道，以及他对扩展投影原理的重新表述，使这本书引起了关注生成理论和比较句法的语言学家的兴趣。
This is the first book-length study of Welsh syntax in English using minimalist theory. The central empirical issue addressed is an analysis of word order and clause structure in Welsh, within the context of the Principles and Parameters theory and Welsh as a VSO language. Roberts's central question: Which values of which parameters of Universal Grammar determine VSO order? To answer it, he makes use of parameters whose values are rooted in considerations of typology and language acquisition. Along the way, he shows that Chomsky's recent conception of the Extended Projection Principle is highly relevant, although it requires a slightly more abstract formulation. Roberts's careful use of parameters, his unique cross-linguistic coverage between Welsh and Romance languages, and his reformulation of the Extended Projection Principle make this book of interest to linguists concerned with generative theory and comparative syntax.