On inversions and the interpretation of subjects in French
On inversions and the interpretation of subjects in French
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论法语主语的倒装和解释
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2008
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Brigitte Kampers
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F. Drijkoningen;Brigitte Kampers
摘要本文讨论了法语动词后主语与（不）定DPs的解释之间的相互作用，包括相关的语用特性，这些语用特性通常用话题和焦点来表述。我们发现，postverbal科目是不同质的，无论是从理论的角度，解释DP之间的差异（在）明确性（区分“高”和“低”的读数），也从理论的角度，区分主题导向的结构从聚焦。我们认为，映射理论应保持尽可能的“干净”，使他们可能揭示的位置的主题DP，即倒装结构的句法。我们表明，解释和语用的变化结合一个简单的映射理论主张赞成的多样性的句法（残余）运动有点丰富的比已standardised假定为法国（有点不同）。我们提出了一个（部分）层次结构的功能投影Wh <主题<类属<焦点<潜势与三种类型的残留运动中嵌入的条款和第四个根疑问句。
Abstract In this paper we discuss the interaction between postverbal subjects in French and interpretations of (in)definite DPs, including relevant pragmatic properties generally stated in terms of topic and focus. We show that postverbal subjects are not homogeneous, neither from the perspective of theories that explain differences among DPs in terms of (in)definiteness (distinctions between ‘high’ and ‘low’ readings) nor from the perspective of theories that distinguish topic-oriented constructions from focalisation. We argue that mapping theories should be kept as ‘clean’ as possible, so that they may shed light on the position of the subject DP, i.e. the syntax of inverted structures. We show that interpretative and pragmatic variation in combination with a simple mapping theory argues in favor of a diversity of syntactic (remnant) movements somewhat richer than has been standardly assumed for French (and somewhat different too). We propose a (partial) hierarchy of functional projections Wh < Topic < Generic < Focus < Existential with three types of remnant movement in embedded clauses and a fourth one in root wh-questions.