最简方案下的探针-目标一致关系与“虚指词there更低位插入”假说

The Probe-goal Agreement Relationship Under Minimalist Program and Lower-there Hypothesis

Chomsky在最简方案中把虚指词there定义为存现对象NP在逻辑式层面上的词缀(即逻辑缀词理论),而"逻辑缀词理论新框架"则认为与there相匹配的成分不是存现对象NP,而是表达存现地点的PP。考虑到上述两种观点均割裂了英语存现句的有机整体性,因此"there更低位插入假说"提议,存现对象QP①和地点短语PP都与there相关联,前者与there在不可解读的形式特征[person]上关联,而后者在逻辑式层面上充实there的语义蕴涵。"there更低位插入假说"基于特征匹配的最简理念将英语存现句的各组成部分加以有机整合,因而更为优化。

In Minimalist Program,Chomsky defines expletive there as the logical suffix for existential NP at LF,whereas the latest proposal denies the association between there and existential NP,thereby attempting to establish an association between there and locative PP.Considering that the above two views both undermine the unity and wholeness of English existential constructions,Lower-there Hypothesis proposes that both the existential QP and the locative PP are associated with expletive there.Specifically,the association between QP and there involves the uninterpretable formal feature[case],and the locative PP serves to enrich the semantic import of there at LF.On the basis of the minimalist tenet of Feature Match,Lower-there Hypothesis emphasizes the unity and wholeness of English existential constructions,thus posing as an optimal proposal.