COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: The Cross-Linguistic Acquisition of Binding

摘要 这个项目的目的是调查一些活的 语言习得的理论问题 详细的中英文实验研究。 这些 研究将集中在语言的一个模块的发展， 理论，即约束理论。 的整个过程中 调查，调查人员将图表许多重要的 儿童发展知识的各个方面 约束力 中国的数据将在台湾收集， 英文数据将在美国收集。 几 主题和理论方法将被考虑。 在 特别是，研究人员将调查以下内容 相关的主题：1）句法和 儿童习得有界变量的语用原则 对比指称代词。 2)中国人与 孩子们明显缺乏长距离的约束力， 对反身代词“自己”的宾语先行词的接受。 3)的 解释异常收购现象的可能性， 独立参数的参数化理论与 相关发展理论。 4)的关系 孩子们对远程装订和主题的认识- 逻辑形式的定位和字际运动理论。 第五章） 儿童对非规范链结合和结合的认识 的一部分。

ABSTRACT This purpose of this project is to investigate a number of live theoretical issues in the acquisition of language through detailed experimental studies in Chinese and English. These studies will focus on the development of one module of linguistic theory, namely Binding theory. Throughout the course of this investigation, the investigators will to chart many important aspects concerning children's development of knowledge of Binding. The Chinese data will be collected in Taiwan and the English data will be collected in the United States. Several topics and theoretical approaches will be considered. In particular, the researchers will investigate the following interrelated topics: 1) The interaction between syntactic and pragmatic principles on children's acquisition of bound-variable versus referential pronouns. 2) The relationship between Chinese children's apparent lack of long-distance binding and their acceptance of object antecedents for the reflexive ziji. 3) The possibility of explaining anomalous acquisition phenomena by a parametrized theory with independent parameters versus a richly interrelated developmental theory. 4) The relationship between children's knowledge of long-distance binding and subject- orientation and the theory of ziji-movement in Logical Form. 5) Children's knowledge of non-canonical chain-binding and binding of adjuncts.