“philosophie analytique de l'histoire”的形容词定语位置

本文通过对法语短语"philosophie analytique de l'histoire"中的形容词定语位置的研究,论证了两个问题。第一,生成语言学中对于形容词定语的性质有两套说法:AP中心语(APHead)说和NP指示语(NPSpec)说,而对于上述短语中"ana-lytique"的位置分析则支持了形容词定语为NP指示语的说法。第二,针对法语中形容词定语常出现在所修饰的名词右侧的情况,有名词移动说和直接合并说,上述名词短语中"analytique"的位置支持了名词移动说。但这一移动的深层原因十分复杂。

In the approach of generative grammar,there are two important problems concerning the attributive adjective:1) whether the attributive adjective should be considered as an AP Head or an NP Spec;2) whether the postnominal adjective in French derives from a direct merger operation or an N-movement.This article studies the structural location of the attributive adjective in the French phrase 'philosophie analytique de l'histoire',providing evidences in support of the following claims:1) the attributive adjective is an NP Spec;2) the French postnominal adjective derives from the N-movement.