英语从句论元的结构格赋值及相关理论问题  

Structural Case valuation of English clausal arguments and related theoretical issues

作　　者：韩景泉 韩流[1] HAN Jingquan;HAN Liu(Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,Guangzhou 510420,China)

机构地区：[1]广东外语外贸大学外国语言学及应用语言学研究中心,广东省广州市510420

出　　处：《外语教学与研究》2022年第3期323-335,478,共14页Foreign Language Teaching and Research

基　　金：国家社科基金重点项目“英汉语句法与语义接口的比较研究”(18AYY002)的阶段性成果。

摘　　要：本文讨论英语从句论元的格特征,主张抽象格为所有论元的属性,而不仅仅是名词短语的普遍属性,打破了从句论元无格的传统观点。可见性是题元角色指派的先决条件,因此从句和名词短语为了获得题元角色都必须可见,而具有可见性的唯一途径是取得格。在基于语段的句法理论中,从句论元的格赋值类似于其他句法操作,也涉及同一语段内探针与目标之间的普通一致关系。定式的T探针与其局域范围内的从句目标建立一致关系,促使从句取值主格。及物性的轻动词与受其成分统制的从句目标形成一致,并为之赋值宾格。由此,从句论元和名词论元可获得统一合理的解释,即所有的论元成分均遵守格要求和可见性条件。The present paper explores the Case property of clausal arguments in English,arguing that abstract Case is a universal property of all arguments,not just of noun phrases(NPs),and therefore the long-standing assumption that clausal arguments are Caseless is no longer tenable.Given that visibility is a prerequisite for theta-role assignment,both NPs and clauses must be visible to be theta-marked,and the only way to become visible is to be assigned Case.In a phase-based theory of syntax,the case valuation of clausal arguments,just like other syntactic operations,involves the familiar relation of agreement between a probe and a goal within the same phase.When a finite T probe agrees with a clausal goal in its local domain,the unvalued case feature on the goal will be valued as nominative.The transitive light verb v agrees with and assigns accusative Case to a clausal goal with an unvalued Case feature that is c-commanded by v.This provides a unitary and principled account of NP arguments and clausal arguments,in that all arguments alike are subject to both the Case requirement and the Visibility Condition.

关 键 词：从句论元 格 可见性 题元角色 语段 

分 类 号：H314.3[语言文字—英语]