消极和谐中的软局域限制:来自法国未来极性效应的证据。

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Natural Language & Linguistic Theory Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-17 DOI:10.1007/s11049-024-09650-4
Yiming Liang, Pascal Amsili, Heather Burnett
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本文提供了新的证据,证明为解释句子的(非)语法性而提出的句法原则也适用于社会语言学变异。特别是,我们认为法语中涉及否定的两种令人困惑的频率模式-对否定和谐的接近效应和对未来时间参考的极性效应-是密切相关的,并且都源于句法一致性对“软”局域约束的敏感性。最近对未来时间指称的定量研究表明,尽管所有否定项在劳伦法语中都受到极性效应的影响,但在巴黎法语中,“过”并不会产生极性效应。我们认为,这种方言差异可以通过否定标记语“通过”的句法和语义特性的微小变化来解释,只要对否定协和的句法进行适当的分析。因此,我们的论文表明,将社会语言学变异纳入句法理论有助于完善我们对一般句法原则的理解,如地域约束,并认为频率/偏好模式应该包括在说话者句法能力和表现的完整理论中。
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Soft locality restrictions in negative concord: Evidence from the French future polarity effect.

Soft locality restrictions in negative concord: Evidence from the French future polarity effect.

Soft locality restrictions in negative concord: Evidence from the French future polarity effect.

Soft locality restrictions in negative concord: Evidence from the French future polarity effect.

This paper provides new evidence that syntactic principles that are proposed to explain the (un)grammaticality of a sentence can also hold in sociolinguistic variation. In particular, we argue that two puzzling frequency patterns involving negation in French-the proximity effect on negative concord and the polarity effect on future temporal reference-are deeply related and are both derived from the sensitivity of syntactic agreement to "soft" locality constraints. Recent quantitative studies of future temporal reference reveal that, although all negative items are subject to the polarity effect in Laurentian French, pas does not give rise to the polarity effect in Parisian French. We argue that this dialectal difference can be explained by minor variations in the syntactic and semantic properties of the negative marker pas, given an appropriate analysis of the syntax of negative concord. Our paper therefore shows that incorporating sociolinguistic variation into syntactic theory helps refine our understanding of general syntactic principles, such as locality constraints, and argues that frequency/preference patterns should be included in the full theory of syntactic competence and performance of speakers.

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期刊介绍: Natural Language & Linguistic Theory provides a forum for the discussion of theoretical research that pays close attention to natural language data, offering a channel of communication between researchers of a variety of points of view. The journal actively seeks to bridge the gap between descriptive work and work of a highly theoretical, less empirically oriented nature. In attempting to strike this balance, the journal presents work that makes complex language data accessible to those unfamiliar with the language area being studied and work that makes complex theoretical positions more accessible to those working outside the theoretical framework under review. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory features: generative studies on the syntax, semantics, phonology, morphology, and other aspects of natural language; surveys of recent theoretical developments that facilitate accessibility for a graduate student readership; reactions/replies to recent papers book reviews of important linguistics titles; special topic issues.         Springer fully understands that access to your work is important to you and to the sponsors of your research. We are listed as a green publisher in the SHERPA/RoMEO database, as we allow self-archiving, but most importantly we are fully transparent about your rights. Read more about author''s rights on: http://www.springer.com/gp/open-access/authors-rights
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