A Syntactic Study of the Left Periphery and the Peculiarities of Subjects

我们的研究结果可以总结如下。首先，假设Rizzi（1997）对小句左边缘的制图分析，我们对非名义主体（即CP和PP）的句法位置及其许可条件提出了新的分析。其次，假设Rizzi（1997）的制图分析既适用于名义范畴（即DP），也适用于小句范畴（即cp），我们认为DP中所有名词的结构位置因其语法功能而不同。我们还表明，这一建议有助于解释获取数据，以及wh短语从（主语和宾语）dp中移出的情况。第三，我们在实证数据的基础上反驳了乔姆斯基（1986）的空洞运动假说。

The results of our study can be summarized as follows. First, assuming Rizzi’s (1997) cartographic analysis of the clausal left periphery, we have proposed a new analysis of the syntactic positions of non-nominal subjects (i.e. CP and PP) as well as their licensing conditions. Second, under the assumption that Rizzi’s (1997) cartographic analysis is applicable to nominal categories (i.e. DPs) as well as clausal categories (i.e. CPs), we have argued that the structural positions of genitive nouns in DP differ with respect to their grammatical functions. We have also shown that this proposal helps explain the acquisition data as well as the cases in which WH-phrases move out of (subject and object) DPs.Third, we have argued against Chomsky’s (1986) Vacuous Movement Hypothesis on the basis of empirical data.