英语主宾不对称现象的最简方案研究

A Minimalist Approach to That-t Phenomena

该文旨在运用最简方案的理论,为that-t现象提供一个新的解释。当空语类原则不再被明确定义后,语段的概念起了关键作用。C0是T和Agr的特征内容一起在C的实现。而that在C的出现则阻挡了这一实现,使语段包含没有满足的特征,推导过程失败。Agr的词汇化依赖于C-Agr-T关系,而它的赋值则来自于wh-短语,按照需要形成了一个"算子-变量"依存结构。

The aim of this paper is to provide a novel account to‘that-t'phenomena, following minimalist assumptions. Once theEmpty Category Principle is no longer defined, the concept of phase plays an important role. C0 is the realization of the feature con-tent of T and Agr, in C. On the other hand, that in C blocks this realization since CP-phase thus contains features that have notbeen satisfied, and the derivation crashes, yielding ungrammaticality. While lexicalization of Agr depends on the C-Agr-T relation,its valuation comes from the wh-phrase, giving rise to the formation of an operator-variable dependency as required.