Chomsky最简方案的新发展——《最简探索之框架》介绍

Review of Chomsky' latest work Minimalist Inquiries: The Framework

本文介绍和评论了Chomsky ( 1 998)的新作《最简探索之框架》 ,并比较了它与《最简方案》的异同。这一新作旨在改进和进一步发展最简方案 ,从经济原则和理想设计角度出发 ,将进入运算的操作确定为合并、一致和移位 ,并认为合并和一致应优先于移位 ;将核心功能语类确定为标句成分、时态和泛动词 ,并认为核心功能语类的不可解释性特征在运算中起着关键作用。

The article gives a short introduction to and a brief comment on Chomsky' latest work Minimalist Inquiries: The Framework (Chomsky 1998), and compares the major differences between this work and The Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995). In this new work, Chomsky proposes that the core functional categories be reduced to C, T and v, and that the operations that enter into the computational system are Merge, Agree and Move. From the point of view of good design conditions (economy), he further points out that Merge or Agree (or their combination) should preempt Move. The functional category Agr and the operation Attract are dispensed with.