Optional Movements Derive Japanese Relative Clauses＇  

作　　者：Hisashi Morita 

机构地区：[1]Aichi Prefectural University, Aichi, Japan

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2013年第9期645-658,共14页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper aims to show that relative clauses in Japanese are derived through two types of movements： scrambling and quantifier floating. Both of them are optional operations in Japanese. After presentation of evidence for movement in Japanese relative clauses, the paper will point out similarities between scrambling and relative clauses, and will claim that movement to CP （complemetizer phrase）, spec is scrambling in the derivation of a relative clause in Japanese. Then it will be shown that DP （determiner phrase）, spec must be empty for relativization as well as quantifier floating in Japanese, which is necessary in order for NP （noun phrase）, not DP, to go through A＇-movement via scrambling, and to be reused as the head noun of a relative clause. The present paper, if correct, is significant because it supports movement proposals for Japanese relative clauses and Chomsky＇s （2007） claim that A＇-movement does not involve Agree. Specifically, certain constructions such as relative clauses can be derived via optional movements such as scrambling and quantifier floating.

关 键 词：SCRAMBLING quantifier floating scope interaction reconstruction effects the head-raising or promotion analysis 

分 类 号：TP391[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] S823.4[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]