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A Minimalist Approach to Bi-constituent Sentences in Mandarin Chinese

Author: YangDaRan
Tutor: ChengGong
School: PLA Foreign Languages ??Institute
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Chief statement Framework of programs Predicate verb Modern Chinese Imperative degrees Syntactic and semantic features The Minimalist Program Hypothesis Internal structure Universal Grammar
CLC: H146
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2004
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Abstract

Chief statements (bi-constituent sentences) as a special kind of syntactic and semantic structure in modern Chinese has long been much the concern of the field of linguistics. The typical statement as to (1) below: (1) Joe Smith please John Doe to Beijing. According to the traditional syntactic analysis (1) sentence noun \The ingredients of \Part-statement formally usually expressed as \In fact, it is not presented all of the above structure sentence belong concurrently statement. In addition to the formal features of the verb (VP1) concurrently statement semantically with common characteristics, is both the language must contain the senses of verbs in the semantic composition [resulting] without the meanings of the verb will not be able to become chief verbs. Accordingly, the scope of this study is limited to the presented in the syntactic structure \Concurrently statement is presented as a separate sentence has been one of the hot Chinese Grammar community. The core problem is that concurrently statement Chairman language analysis is reasonable, the sentence in the presence of the so-called double-duty Causative ingredients. In the traditional analysis, different scholars have put forward a variety of evidence to support or abandon the chief language analysis, but so far the problem has not yet been satisfactorily resolved. Some scholars recognize the drawbacks of the Chinese traditional analysis method, another way, more advanced theoretical framework study concurrently statement, the representative physical Xin (1990), Fan Xiao (1998), as well as Secretary Full Pearl (2001) . They are based on the idea of ??universal grammar, principles and parameters of the internal structure concurrently statement to solve some traditional analysis method can not solve the problem, and has made many important discoveries. However, with the continuous development of the theory of universal grammar, especially the birth of the Minimalist Program conversion theory of generative grammar ideas and research methods have become obsolete, the latest Minimalist Program theory to study semantic and syntactic features letter stand for chief statement . Based on the above considerations, the research and chief statement syntax and semantic features to the latest thinking of the Minimalist Program Chomsky - \hypothesis (Tense Humaniy Hypothesis, Martin 2001) reason perish, and chief internal structure of the statement to carry out in-depth research and exploration in order to achieve a breakthrough on the basis of previous studies. Research and chief statement syntax and semantic features semantic and syntactic features concurrently statement Imperative its predicate verb has a close relationship. The Imperative of the verb is the strength of the the Imperative significance of the verb in the syntactic structure shows. Concurrently statement containing different Imperative degree of verbs constitute its syntactic and semantic features, we found there are some differences. Accordingly, we will concurrently statement their verb of Imperative degrees are divided into four categories: the first category concurrently statement including the so-called recessive Imperative verb, including the crab fork buy, clustering, left thousands of verbs. Such verbs Imperative weakest itself does not have to make the Meaning only in concurrently language structure shows [resulting in] feature, part of the second-order verb class verb essentially express the purpose and significance of the predicate verb of codas (XP ) component may be absent. The lexical meaning of the verb of the second class contains abundant, including strong triptans, Xi Li, class, Weng ... dance classes as well as excursion Qing class. What they all have in common is the emergence of the back of codas components certain mandatory essentially belongs to the third-order verb thus stronger Imperative degrees, the verb of sentence predicate still express purpose. The third category of the verb of passers-book classes and the Greek name of the class, such verbs appear ingredients coda is mandatory stronger, belongs to the third-order verb, while the coda shows the results generated by the verb of action, the verb of the Imperative degree stronger. The fourth category contains the so-called simple causative verbs, including expansion, Yan Li Yong such verbs resulting in a sense, purely semantic composition contains only [resulting in \thematic roles. Most such mandatory ingredient verb coda is the coda is usually the strongest degree of cause the knot Chinese Abstraet, if predicate verb, verb of Imperative. , We were four categories and the statement of the internal structure of the analysis on the basis of the above classification. The key to this article is tense hypothesis \Tense hypothesis core content of the theory is the tense relations exist null subject PRO depend on the infinitive verb of the sentence containing the infinitive. Of codas ingredients prove concurrently statement is based on an infinitive Chinese, based on the theory of tenses hypothesis to explore the distribution of PRO in the in four categories Chairman statement, the four categories, the statement further divided into two categories : PRO subject exists a class part statement contains the the predicate verb Imperative degree weaker one, two sub-categories, their codas (infinitive) often express the purpose and significance of the verb of the relative to the verb, the action of the coda future resistance. In accordance with the theory of tenses hypothesis, the coda ingredients are [tense] feature allows the the PRO subject's emergence internal structure; there is no the PRO subject concurrently statement contains the predicate verb Imperative strong three, four sub-categories, predicate the verb Imperative relatively strong coda is often express the result of the predicate verb, and therefore the action (or state) and the verb of action almost simultaneously. Hypothesis based on temporal, the two subclasses Chief statement coda is no [state] characteristics, internal structure does not allow the emergence of the PRO subject. On the basis of the above system classification, we apply the theory of the Minimalist Program \Contains the PRO a class concurrently statement second subclass example 2?

A Minimalist Approach to Bi-constituent Sentences in Mandarin Chinese

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