Workshop on the Role of Grammatical Functions in Transformational Syntax, Champaign-Urbana, IL, July 10-13, 1999

摘要1999年伊利诺斯大学厄巴纳-香槟分校语言学研究所将举办题为“语法功能在转换句法中的作用”的研讨会。研讨会将探讨语法功能（GFs）在语法转换理论中的地位，自诺姆·乔姆斯基1965年出版的《语法理论的各个方面》以来，语法转换理论认为，主语和宾语等GFs不是该理论的基本要素，而是根据短语结构表征的层次配置来定义的。这些理论的最近实例，如原理与参数和极简程序，都经过了修订，以一种似乎承认它们作为原语角色的方式，将利用GFs的原理纳入其中。这些创新提出了一个基本问题，即GFs是否确实可以是配置的，即定义在短语结构表示上。研讨会将汇集与这些问题有关的主要研究人员的工作，包括：* -全球生态系统被纳入当前转型理论的方式；* -是否可以在当前的转换语法中识别单一配置定义的GFs；* -如果GFs的构型定义被简化为理论的公理，这些GFs的结构表示产生重要见解的程度；* -必须在理论中识别的GFs清单；* -以及是否所有语言都实例化了定义GFs所涉及的所有投影。

98-17364Dubinsky & DaviesABSTRACTA workshop titled "The Role of Grammatical Functions in Transformational Syntax" will be held during the 1999 Linguistic Institute at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. The workshop will explore the place of grammatical functions (GFs) in transformational theories of syntax, which since Noam Chomsky's 1965 book Aspects of the Theory of Syntax have held that GFs such as subject and object are not primitives of the theory, but are defined in terms of the hierarchical configurations of phrase structure representations. Recent instantiations of these theories, such as Principles and Parameters and the Minimalist Program, have undergone revisions which incorporate principles utilizing GFs in a way that appears to admit their roles as primitives. These innovations raise the fundamental question of whether or not GFs can indeed be configurational, i.e. defined on phrase structure representations.The workshop will bring together the work of leading researchers relating to these issues, including: * - the ways in which GFs have been incorporated into current transformational theories; * - whether unitary configurationally defined GFs can be identified in current transformational syntax; * - if configurational definitions of GFs have been reduced to axioms of the theory, the degree to which these structural representations of GFs yield significant insights; * - the inventory of GFs that must be recognized in the theory; * - and whether all languages instantiate all projections involved in defining GFs.