On the syntax-discourse interface of nonsententials in Mandarin

IF 0.1 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Wei-Cherng Sam Jheng
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Abstract

This paper aims to develop the empirical and theoretical basis for the necessity of motivating a cartographic approach (Rizzi 1997; Cinque 1999) to the clausal structure of nonsententials (NSs) in Mandarin. Especially noteworthy about NSs is that they are able to encode clause type information, illocutionary force and the discourse roles speaker and hearer/addressee, though their structure is considerably reduced. Following the line of reasoning in Sigurðsson & Maling (2012) and Tsai (2015a, 2015b), I show that NSs have a fully-fledged CP structure, according to the effects exerted upon their interpretation. Adopting Haegeman’s (2014) sa*P analysis of the discourse particle in West Flemish, I argue that NSs contain a suprasentential structure, a Speech Act layer, dominating ForceP and responsible for the encoding of the speaker- hearer/addressee relation sensitive to the immediate context. Crucially, it is argued that the discourse properties surrounding NSs pertain to the articulated CP structure of NSs. The major consequence of the proposed analysis is to show that the theory of discourse is closely tied to the architecture of grammar in general, adding weight to the view that the transparent syntax-discourse mapping results from a set of functional projections layered in the CP periphery.
论普通话非名词的句法-语篇界面
本文旨在为推动用制图方法(Rizzi 1997;Cinque 1999)研究普通话中非名词的从句结构的必要性提供经验和理论基础。NSs尤其值得注意的是,它们能够编码从句类型信息、言外力以及话语角色——说话人和听话人/受话人,尽管它们的结构大大减少了。根据Sigurğsson和Maling(2012)和Tsai(2015a,2015b)中的推理路线,根据对其解释的影响,我表明NSs具有成熟的CP结构。采用Haegeman(2014)对西佛兰德语篇助词的sa*P分析,我认为NSs包含一个超句子结构,一个言语行为层,主导着ForceP,并负责编码对直接语境敏感的说话人-听话人/收件人关系。至关重要的是,有人认为,围绕NSs的话语属性与NSs的铰接CP结构有关。所提出的分析的主要结果是表明,语篇理论与一般语法结构密切相关,这为透明的语法-语篇映射是由CP外围的一组功能投影产生的观点增加了砝码。
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