Focus, Presupposition and Light Predicate Raising in East and Southeast Asia
Focus, Presupposition and Light Predicate Raising in East and Southeast Asia
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东亚和东南亚的焦点、预设和轻谓语提出
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2001
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Andrew K. Simpson
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Andrew K. Simpson
在一组遗传上不相关且完全规则的中心词首 SVO 语言中，发现特定的情态动词始终出现在谓语词尾位置，这对 Cinque (1999) 中提出的普遍基础假设提出了强有力的经验挑战。然而，详细的调查表明，表面形式是通过焦点驱动的光谓词提升过程从完全规则的底层结构衍生而来的。范式中的跨语言变化表明，所研究的语言的基本模态结构目前处于不同的发展阶段。特别是在粤语中，人们认为，提高 VP 的触发因素现在已经完全僵化，不再反映其最初的动机。该论文的结论是，某些移动操作通常可能在没有任何清晰可理解的同步触发的情况下发生。形式上，乔姆斯基的“强范畴/EPP特征”被认为正是对应于这种类型的运动，其原始动机在语言变化过程中被削弱并被隐藏。
In a group of genetically unrelated and otherwise fully regular head-initial SVO languages a particular modal verb is consistently found to occur in predicate-final position, posing a strong empirical challenge to the Universal Base Hypothesis argued for in Cinque (1999). Detailed investigation indicates that the surface forms are however derived from fully regular underlying structures via a process of focus-driven light predicate raising. Cross-linguistic variation in the paradigm then shows that the basic modal structure is currently in different stages of development in the languages investigated. In Cantonese in particular it is argued that the trigger for VP-raising has now become fully fossilized and no longer reflects its original motivation. The paper concludes that certain movement operations may in general occur without any clearly understandable synchronic trigger. Formally, Chomsky's 'strong categorial/EPP features' are suggested to correspond precisely to this type of movement whose original motivation has weakened and become hidden during the course of language change.