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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 张志?教授 (语言学及现代语言系) |
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摘要This article explores the semantic and syntactic properties of wh-fronting constructions as well as the fine structure of the left periphery in Mandarin along the lines of the cartographic approach. It is discovered that wh-fronting constructions exhibit two salient properties associated with Identificational Focus (IdentF), namely, (i) exhaustive identification and (ii) the ability to occupy a scopal position, suggesting that wh-fronting is best analyzed as a strategy for licensing IdentF. It is proposed that two derivational mechanisms are in principle available to wh-fronting constructions: the wh-phrase is either derived by movement to Spec-FocP, or it may resort to a base-generation strategy when the wh-phrase is linked to an empty pronoun or a resumptive pronoun inside an island. It is argued that previous analyses that treat wh-fronting constructions as a type of topic structure cannot account for their different morphological and semantic properties. This view is further corroborated by an investigation of the topography of Topics and Foci in the left periphery, which shows that IdentF occupies a dedicated syntactic position distinct from that of the types of Topics available in Mandarin. The investigation also reveals that Focus constitutes an independent field that is situated below the Topic field.
着者Cheung CCH
期刊名称JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN LINGUISTICS
详细描述DOI: 10.1007/s10831-013-911http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/2-4.
出版年份http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/2014
月份11
日期1
卷号http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/23
期次4
出版社SPRINGER
页次393 - 431
国际标準期刊号09http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/25-8558
电子国际标準期刊号157http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/2-8560
语言英式英语
关键词Focus; Identificational Focus; Left periphery; Mandarin; Topic; Wh-fronting
Web of Science 学科类别Language & Linguistics; Linguistics
