A Case of V2 in Chinese
As far as the left periphery is concerned, there is a conspiracy between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics to ensure the success of sentence formation. We would like to put forth the claim that peripheral features play an important role in this endeavor, which can be checked by either Merge or Move...
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oai:doaj.org-article:d4130299434140b6821668c176657d442021-12-02T19:10:00ZA Case of V2 in Chinese1017-127410.1515/scl-2015-0006https://doaj.org/article/d4130299434140b6821668c176657d442015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2015-0006https://doaj.org/toc/1017-1274As far as the left periphery is concerned, there is a conspiracy between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics to ensure the success of sentence formation. We would like to put forth the claim that peripheral features play an important role in this endeavor, which can be checked by either Merge or Move according to the parameter-settings of individual languages. Along this line, topic prominence can be regarded as the result of peripheral feature checking, and the null topic hypothesis à la Huang (1984) is reinvented as a null operator merger to fulfill interface economy in the left periphery. In this regard, Chinese provides substantial evidence from obligatory topicalization in outer affectives, evaluatives, and refutory wh-constructions, which applies only when the licensing from a D(efiniteness)-operator is blocked. The idea also extends naturally to the issues concerning pro-drop and bare nominals in general. In this light, we may well compare Chinese obligatory topicalization to those residual cases of verb-second (V2) in English, all being manifestation of the strong uniformity.Tsai Wei-Tien DylanSciendoarticletopic prominencecomparative syntaxminimalist programobligatory topicalizationverb second phenomena話題的顯著性比較句法微言主義必用話題化動詞二位現象Chinese language and literaturePL1001-3208ENStudies in Chinese Linguistics, Vol 36, Iss 2, Pp 81-108 (2015) |
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topic prominence comparative syntax minimalist program obligatory topicalization verb second phenomena 話題的顯著性 比較句法 微言主義 必用話題化 動詞二位現象 Chinese language and literature PL1001-3208 Tsai Wei-Tien Dylan A Case of V2 in Chinese |
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As far as the left periphery is concerned, there is a conspiracy between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics to ensure the success of sentence formation. We would like to put forth the claim that peripheral features play an important role in this endeavor, which can be checked by either Merge or Move according to the parameter-settings of individual languages. Along this line, topic prominence can be regarded as the result of peripheral feature checking, and the null topic hypothesis à la Huang (1984) is reinvented as a null operator merger to fulfill interface economy in the left periphery. In this regard, Chinese provides substantial evidence from obligatory topicalization in outer affectives, evaluatives, and refutory wh-constructions, which applies only when the licensing from a D(efiniteness)-operator is blocked. The idea also extends naturally to the issues concerning pro-drop and bare nominals in general. In this light, we may well compare Chinese obligatory topicalization to those residual cases of verb-second (V2) in English, all being manifestation of the strong uniformity. |
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