论元的分布与选择——语法中的显著性和局部性

汉语句法成分表现出无选择性。最近的一些研究认为这种无选择性来自轻动词(如Lin,2001),而本文认为这种无选择性与汉语是无格语言有关。汉语没有定式与不定式之分,也没有时态投射,自然也就没有格,因为格与时态投射关联。由于汉语没有格,题元的指派就不是一个纯句法操作。本文认为汉语句法成分的选择取决于本文提出的题元允准和题元连接解读条件。在本文的分析中,题元允准是一种局部运算,而题元连接解读涉及局部性与显著性之间的交互作用。在Hu(2002)相关分析的基础上,本文指出,局部性与显著性之间的交互作用是决定汉语语序以及论元选择和解读的关键。

The distribution and selection of arguments:Prominence and Locality in grammar

It is claimed in Hu(2006,2007) that the unselectiveness of subjects and objects in Man-darin Chinese does not result from the existence of a set of light verbs in the language,as has been assumed by Lin(2001),but is related to the fact that NPs in Chinese are not marked with abstract Case. On the basis of this claim,this paper further argues that the distribution and ordering of arguments in Chinese syntax are not determined by Case,as there is no Case,and proposes that the linking of theta-roles to argumen...