连锁复句的结构与推导——基于最简方案的分析

An MP Approach to One Type of Secondary Predicates in Chinese:Its Structure and Derivation

本文在最简方案的理论框架下探讨连锁复句的句法结构与推导过程。研究者提出:1)连锁复句是含有内包子句的复杂句,不是依靠关联或逻辑关系联结的复合句;2)内包子句是为实现主要子句内论元的语义要求、通过空算子移位来实现谓语化的附加子句,与主要子句呈非对称分布;3)内包子句的空主语,是基础生成的主语在EPP-移位至[Spec,CP]后,音系特征在表达式中"删除"的结果。

The paper presents an MP-based study of one type of secondary predicates in Chinese. It is proposed that： 1 ） differing from the logical dependency characteristic of compound sentences, the secondary predicates are actually complex sentences consisting of at least one embedded clause ; 2） in answering the semantic requirement of the inter- nal arguments of matrix clauses, the embedded ones are adjoined as adjunct clauses via null operator movement, ulti- mately forming an asymmetric structure; 3 ） the embedded null subject is formed as a result of the lexical deletion mo- tivated by phonological defectiveness.