“激进合并论”与汉语处所句式的句法构造

Radical MP merge and Chinese locative PP structures

含有处所PP"在NPL"的结构在汉语中有多种变体,对此有许多功能描写主义的研究,但是这些研究无法在句法运算系统上给予理论性的解释。本文采用"激进合并"的句法操作,解释了汉语包含处所PP结构的句法合并过程,比较了表"方向终点处所义"和"事件发生场所义"的两类结构的句法允准条件、合并类型及合并顺序,并以此为例尝试探讨"激进合并"在汉语研究中优于"温和合并"的价值,以期在"最简方案"框架下将"激进合并"句法操作更多地应用于汉语句法研究。

There are several variants of sentences containing the locative PP of'zai NP_L'in Chinese, for which quite a number of descriptive accounts are available out there in the literature. However, these accounts seriously lack the explanatory power from a syntactic computational system. The present study tries to propose a Merge process of those locative PPs based on the thesis of'Radical Merge',offering their licensing conditions, merge order and hierarchy in the sentences predicated by'directional-end'verbs and'event-location'verbs, attempting to explore the favorability of'Radical Merge'related to the study of Chinese over'Mild Merge', and inviting more insightful discussions about Chinese issues on Radical MP Merge.