英语处所倒装结构的句法特征及其语段式生成  

The Syntactic Features and Phase-based Derivation of English Locative Inversion Constructions

作　　者：张孝荣[1] ZHANG Xiaorong(School of Foreign Studies,Anhui Normal University,Wuhu 241002,China)

机构地区：[1]安徽师范大学外国语学院,安徽芜湖241002

出　　处：《山东外语教学》2023年第4期20-31,共12页Shandong Foreign Language Teaching

基　　金：安徽省哲学社科规划项目“英汉阻隔性句法结构的对比研究”(项目编号:AHSKYG2017D149);安徽师范大学博士科研启动项目“英汉信息结构的句法研究”(项目编号:2017XJJ16)的阶段性成果。

摘　　要：本文采用最简方案下的语段理论探讨英语处所倒装结构的句法特征及其生成问题。处所倒装结构中的介词短语具有主语或者话题属性,该析取性特征来源于词库中介词短语标注话题特征的可选性,在狭义句法中通过移位至TP指定语以及同时移位至TP指定语和CP指定语这两种方式加以实现。具有主语或者话题属性的处所倒装结构采取两种生成机制,体现一定的共性和个性。本文的分析法可以解释处所倒装句中名词短语的格位和一致特征要求、谓语动词的非宾格属性以及there插入的合格性问题。焦点化移位的处理方式则可以解释处所倒装结构中非作格动词的允准现象,从而实现不同类型处所倒装结构的统一分析。This paper employs the phase theory to explore the syntactic features and derivation of English locative inversion constructions.The prepositional phrase in locative inversion constructions has the property of subject or topic,and this disjunctive feature results from the choice of topic feature encoding in the lexicon,as well as movement to Spec-TP or to both Spec-TP and Spec-CP in narrow syntax.The locative inversion constructions with subject or topic properties have different mechanisms of derivation,exhibiting certain similarities and differences.The analysis offered in this paper also explains the Case and agreement features of the noun phrase,the unaccusative property of the verb,and the grammaticality of locative inversion sentences with there-insertion.The proposal of focus movement accounts for the use of unergative verbs in locative inversion constructions,providing a consistent analysis of different types of locative inversion constructions.

关 键 词：处所倒装 语段 主语 话题 焦点 

分 类 号：H030[语言文字—语言学]