A Study of Legibility Conditions in the Minimalist Program

我试图从狭义语法/谓词理论与认知/思维系统之间的相互关系的角度来调查和解释易读条件/界面条件的性质。用窄语法构造的结构通过TRANSFER发送到Σ，并在SEM接口分配预测解释。在认知系统中，这种语言“预测”有两种可能的对应。一是：概念层次中的上下级关系。众所周知，在概念层面上有三个类别：上级、基本和下级类别。在典型的语言谓词中，谓语在概念层次上高于主语。例如“Fido是一只狗”。/狗是动物。”因此，概念层次中的上下级关系是谓词语言关系的基础。换句话说，预测是表达这些概念层次关系的一种手段。另一种是Brentano（1973）提出的直言判断。他的“判断”分为直言判断和审美判断。这里所说的直言判断包括“在头脑中建立一个客体的行为”和“肯定或否定那个主词的谓词的行为”。（Kuroda 1972）假设这种直言判断属于认知系统，我声称它对应于语言预言。

I have tried to investigate and explicate the properties of legibility conditions/interface conditions from the viewpoint of the interrelations between narrow syntax/predication theory and cognitive/thought systems. Structures constructed in narrow syntax are sent to Σ by TRANSFER, and are assigned predication interpretation at SEM interface. There are two possible counterparts to this linguistic "predication" in cognitive systems. One is: superordinate/subordinate relations in conceptual hierarchies. It is known that at the level of concepts there are three categories: superordinate, basic, and subordinate categories. In a typical linguistic predication, the predicate is higher than the subject in the conceptual hierarchy. This is exemplified by "Fido is a dog./A dog is an animal." Thus, superordinate/subordinate relations in conceptual hierarchies underlie the linguistic relation of predication. To put it differently, predication is a means for expressing these conceptual hierarchical relations. The other is categorical judgments due to Brentano (1973). His "judgments" are divided into categorical judgments and thetic judgments. The categorical judgment in question consists of "the act of setting up an object in one's mind" and "the act of affirming and denying the predicate of that subject." (Kuroda 1972) Assuming that this categorical judgment belongs to cognitive systems, I have claimed that it corresponds to linguistic predication.