The syntax of yes and no in Finnish
The syntax of yes and no in Finnish
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芬兰语中“是”和“否”的语法
DOI：
10.1111/1467-9582.00077
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发表时间：
2001
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0.6
通讯作者：
A. Holmberg
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作者：
A. Holmberg
在芬兰语中，是/否问题通常通过重复有限动词或助词来回答，后面可以选择一串非限定动词和某些副词。声称这些是/否答复 (YNR) 是通过两个动作得出的：(1) vP 的移动或包含主题短语规范的主语的更大动词投影，其中它要么按语音拼写，要么拼写为空，导致省略； (2) 将剩余极性短语移动到更高焦点短语的规范，并按语音顺序拼写出来。这解释了 YNR 的句法以及语义和分布特性。例如，它解释了为什么他们没有可见的主语，尽管芬兰语不允许第三人称中出现空主语。 YNR 还有另一种形式，由主语构成。这些是通过 vP 省略和 Pol 到 Focus 的头部运动得出的。
In Finnish a yes/no-question is normally answered by repeating the finite verb or auxiliary, optionally followed by a string of nonfinite verbs and certain adverbs. The claim is that these yes/no replies (YNRs) are derived by two movements: (1) movement of vP or a larger verb projection containing the subject to the spec of a Topic phrase, where it is either spelled out phonologically, or spelled out as null, resulting in ellipsis; (2) movement of the remnant Polarity phrase to the spec of a higher Focus phrase, where it is spelled out phonologically. This accounts for the syntactic as well as the semantic and distributional properties of YNRs. For example, it accounts for why they have no visible subject, although Finnish does not otherwise allow null subjects in the 3 rd person. There is another form of YNR constructed with the subject. These are derived by vP-ellipsis and head movement of Pol to Focus.