参数概念还能站得住脚吗?  

Can Parameters Still Hold Water?

作　　者：陈亚平[1] 曹荣平[2] 

机构地区：[1]北京外国语大学,北京100089 [2]北京林业大学,北京100083

出　　处：《外国语》2013年第5期19-26,共8页Journal of Foreign Languages

基　　金：教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划(NCET-10-0229)

摘　　要：原则和参数理论认为儿童习得语言的过程就是参数设置的过程。然而30年过去了,参数在习得逻辑问题的解释上却一直驻足不前,而该概念在各种挑战下进行的改进还在不断削弱它的生存地位。本文从参数概念的演变入手,分析它在原则参数理论中的地位以及在习得问题上存在的问题,最后指出参数演变到今天已经成为一个空泛的概念,或许失去了存在价值。The theory of principles and parameters holds that child language acquisition is a process of parameter setting. However, 30 years after the theory first came out, how children set the parameters still remains a mystery. Moreover, the revisions responding to the challenges posed to the theory have put the notion of parameter in a precarious situation. Based on a review of the changes to the notion, the paper analyses its current position in the minimalist program and the problems associated with it in language acquisition. Finally it points out that parameter has now become an empty notion and probably should be discarded.

关 键 词：普遍语法 参数 儿童语言习得 

分 类 号：H193.1[语言文字—汉语]