Explaining Article-Possessor Complementarity: Economic Motivation in Noun Phrase Syntax.
Explaining Article-Possessor Complementarity: Economic Motivation in Noun Phrase Syntax.
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解释冠词所有主互补性：名词短语语法中的经济动机。
DOI：
10.2307/417260
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发表时间：
1999
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Martin Haspelmath
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作者：
Martin Haspelmath
在许多语言中，当所有格短语出现在NP中时，定冠词不能出现（例如英语 *the my book，*John's the book）。我认为，这些模式可以理解的经济动机，因为拥有的NP很可能是明确的。用一个独特的限定词位置进行结构解释，不足以解释所有已被证实的跨语言模式，而似乎确实有效的普遍概括可以从基于经济的解释中得出。最后，本文还展示了经济绩效动机是如何在历时变化中创造出企业能力模式的
In many languages the definite article cannot occur when a possessive phrase is present in the NP (e.g. English *the my book, *John's the book). I argue that these patterns can be understood in terms of economic motivation because possessed NPs are very likely to be definite. A structural explanation in terms of a unique determiner position is insufficient to account for the full range of attested crosslinguistic patterns, and the universal generalizations that do seem to be valid can be derived from the economy-based explanation. Finally I show how the performance motivation of economy creates the competence pattern in diachronic change