论英语限制性关系分句的句法结构

On the Syntax of English Restrictive Relative Clauses

英语限定形式的限制性关系分句有三种不同的表现形式,这三种形式可以统一分析为由that或一个隐性标句词为中心语的CP结构,语用上表示陈述。与普遍的一种观点相反,位于关系分句句首的that并不是一个关系代词,而是一个普通的标句词。受标句词条件的限制,在一个关系分句CP之中仅允许出现一个显性的wh-关系词或者一个显性的标句词,虽然两者占据不同的结构位置。

English finite restrictive relative clauses come in three different forms.It is argued that on a unified account all the three can be analyzed as CPs headed by that or a covert complementizer to provide the declarative force of the clause.Contrary to common belief,that at the beginning of the relative clause is not a relative pronoun but a simple complementizer.Constrained by the Complemmentizer Condition,a relative CP can contain only either an overt wh-relative or an overt complementizer,even though the two occupy different structural positions.