形式语法框架下定中标记“之”的起源

Origins of Attributive Marker“Zhi”in the Framework of Formal Grammar

始见于金文的“NP之NP”结构可以被分析为“NP+[之NP]”,也可以为“NP+之+NP”。该结构的歧义性促使孩童在语言获得过程中通过溯因推理,重新设置“Poss-to-Dtop移位”的参数值,把该结构重新分析为定中结构。文章证实了定中标记“之”源于指示词“之”。

Construction of“NP zhi NP”,first found in bronze inscription,can be analyzed in“NP+[zhi NP]”and“NP+之+NP”.Due to its ambiguity,children reset the parameter of“Poss-to-Dtop movement”and reanalyzed the construction into an attributive nominal structure in the process of language acquisition with the aid of abductive analysis.The paper supports the view that attributive maker“zhi”is dated back to demonstrative“zhi”.