动词壳理论下使役动词后to的省略

On the Omission of “to” after Causative Verbs under the vp Shell Theory

动词壳理论认为所有动词短语的深层结构都是由一个实义动词加一个外壳组成。动词壳的中心词是一个抽象的表原因的轻动词C,此轻动词吸收小句中to的特征导致小句谓词to的省略。使役动词后小句谓词省略to是一种极其常见的语法现象。动词壳理论充分合理地解释了使役动词后小句谓词to被省略的原因。

The vp shell theory holds that the deep structure of all vps includes a notional verb and a shell.The head word of the shell is a light verb expressing reasons and the light verb absorbs the features of “to”in the clause predicator,leading to the omission of “to”.The vp shell theory makes a reasonable and full explanation on the reasons of the omission of “to”in the predicator after causative verbs which is a quite common grammatical phenomenon.