领界条件对WH-移位的解释力

The Accountability of Subjacency Condition to WH-movement

在生成语法中,WH-移位主要受WH-岛条件、复杂NP条件和循环性条件的限制。由于这三个主要条件对WH-移位限制的相似性,因而被领界条件所取代。旨在通过丰富的实例,阐释领界条件对WH-移位的解释力,同时指出领界条件的局限性,体现普遍语法的经济原则。

In Generative Grammar, WH-movement is mainly constrained by WH-island Condition, Complex Noun Phrase Condition and Cyclicity Condition. However, the similarities among the three major conditions on WH-movement are sufficiently strong to motivate an attempt to reduce them all to a single condition, namely Subjacency Condition. This paper explains the accountability of Subjacency Condition to WH-movement through abundant examples, pointing out its limitations and showing the principle of economy in UG.