本文在語段理論框架下,對(duì)定冠詞的語類身份進(jìn)行分析研究。Abney (1987)提出的限定詞詞組假設(shè)理論為人們?cè)谙薅ㄔ~詞組結(jié)構(gòu)中研究定冠詞的語類身份提供了基礎(chǔ)。 本文首先把定冠詞與其他限定詞區(qū)分開來,認(rèn)為只有定冠詞才是限定詞,其他名詞前成分則分別有各自的名稱及句法位置。限定詞是功能語類。關(guān)于定冠詞的句法位置歷來有兩種觀點(diǎn):中心語和標(biāo)示語。本文首先綜述了這兩種基本看法,為了獲得更新的見解,本文嘗試在生成語法最新的理論成果——語段理論框架下對(duì)定冠詞進(jìn)行研究。本文認(rèn)為,定冠詞位于限定詞的中心語位置。對(duì)于Lyons (1999)所提出的斯堪的納維亞語中的雙重限定現(xiàn)象和Longobardi (1994)的N-to-D移位問題,本文認(rèn)為粘著冠詞位于輕名詞n的位置上;當(dāng)定冠詞和專有名詞同時(shí)出現(xiàn)時(shí),N移位至D與N之間的功能語類,即輕名詞n上。Lyons (1999)提出把定冠詞和D的句法位置區(qū)分開,對(duì)此本文持贊同觀點(diǎn)。限定詞具有限定性,但并不是所有具有限定性的語類都占據(jù)中心語的位置。結(jié)合定冠詞的中心語位置,本文對(duì)具有限定性的語類進(jìn)行了嘗試性的分析,分別指出它們?cè)贒P語段中的句法位置,其普遍性還有待進(jìn)一步...

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【學(xué)位級(jí)別】：碩士

【文章目錄】：
摘要
Abstract
Chapter 1 Introduction
    1.1 Rationale of the Study
    1.2 Research Questions
    1.3 Outline of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
    2.1 Introduction
    2.2 Identification of the Definite Article
    2.3 The Syntactic Status of the Definite Article
        2.3.1 The head position and the definite articles
        2.3.2 The specifier position and the definite articles
        2.3.3 Languages lacking definite articles
    2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
    3.1 Phrase Structure Theory
    3.2 Phase Theory
    3.3 Summary
Chapter 4 Analysis on the Categorial Status of the Definite Article in Phase
    4.1 Definiteness
        4.1.1 The definite article as a functional category
        4.1.2 Definiteness
        4.1.3 A note on the expletive article
    4.2 The Analysis of the Categorial Status of the Definite Article in Phase
        4.2.1 DP and phase
        4.2.2 Identification of the internal structure of DP
        4.2.3 The definite article in specifier position
        4.2.4 The definite article in the head position
        4.2.5 Demonstratives
        4.2.6 Personal pronouns
        4.2.7 Possessives
        4.2.8 Quantifiers
        4.2.9 Adjectives
        4.2.10 DP projection in languages lacking the definite article
    4.3 Summary
Chapter 5 Conclusion
References
攻讀碩士學(xué)位期間取得的研究成果
Acknowledgements



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