摘要
在短语结构分析中,学界广泛使用功能性范畴DP和IP来指称名词短语和小句,这和生成语法早期的NP和S设定已经非常不同。文章重点分析名词性结构的DP假设,通过讨论NP分析中存在的问题,以及NP和DP两种分析方法的对比来讨论DP假设的意义。文章认为,限定词存在的价值主要是限定了名词的指称范围,名词在取得指称范围之前是没有指称性的,也就不能作为独立的句子成分。通过分析还可以看出,限定词对名词指称范围的限定,与INFL在时间或情态上对事件/动作的限定是相似的,因而传统上的名词短语和小句皆属于功能语类,其语义承担者NP和VP则属于实义语类。
In today’s generative grammar,the terms DP and IP are used to describe nominal structures and independent sentences.This paper mainly analyzes the meaning and function of DP hypothesis through the discussing of the existing problem of NP analysis,as well as the comparison between NP and DP.A determiner limits the referential scope of the noun,and before a determiner is added,the noun cannot refer to any particular or general entity,and therefore cannot be assigned any thematic role.To tell the difference between the definiteness and indefiniteness is the main function of a determiner.Besides,with the parallelism between DP and IP,the theory itself can be more organized.
出处
《现代英语》
2020年第5期97-99,共3页
Modern English
