The Present State and the Future Prospects of Dynamic Theory of Grammar

本研究的目的是从动态语法理论的角度考察和分析一些英语结构。在这一研究过程中，两位研究者考察和分析了现代英语的几种结构，到目前为止共写了五篇文章。长原写了一篇关于否定词在不定式从句中所占位置的文章，并指出否定词在to之前和之后出现的情况之间存在一些语义差异。河野洋平写了一篇关于限制性关系从句的文章，证明了它们具有非限制性性质。河野洋平还写了一篇关于分词和关系从句之间关系的论文，指出只有当关系分句的前置成分不确定时，分词才能出现在关系代词之前。河野洋平还研究了名词性短语中“范围限定关系”的句法和语义，并建议将它们与普通的限制性关系从句区分开来。河野洋平还写了一篇关于NPs之外的范围限定关系的论文，论证了它们不仅具有作为限制性关系的形容词性质，而且还具有作为句子状语从句的状语性质，并建议最好在动态语法理论的框架内对它们进行分析。

The aim of the present study is to examine and analyze some English constructions from the viewpoint of Dynamic theory of Grammar.Along this line of research the two investigators have examined and analyzed several constructions of the present-day English and have so far written five articles in all.Nagahara wrote an article about the position the negative particle occupies in infinitival clauses and showed that there are some semantic differences between the cases in which the negative particle occurs before to and those in which it appears after to.Kono wrote an article about restrictive relative clauses and showed that they have nonrestrictive properties. Kono also wrote a paper concerning the relation between partitive expressions and relative clauses and showed that partitive expressions may occur before relative pronouns only when the antecedents of relative clauses are indefinite. Kono also investigated the syntax and semantics of"Range-Defining Relatives" within NPs and suggested that they should be distinguished from the ordinary restrictive relative clauses. Kono also wrote a paper about "Range-Defining Relatives" which appear outside of NPs and demonstrated that they have not only adjectival properties as restrictive relatives but also adverbial ones as sentential adverbial clauses, and suggested that they are best analyzed within the framework of Dynamic Theory of Grammar.