解釋漢語時制.pdf

1、湖南大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文解釋漢語時制姓名：張俊吉申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：外國語言學(xué)及應(yīng)用語言學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：寧春巖20050429解釋漢語時制ABSTRACTThemajfocusofthisthesisishowtoreasonablyinterpretChinesetenseintheframewkofMinimalistProgram(MP).Basedupontheanalysisthatthepreviouswksthatclaimt

2、hereisnotenseinChinesehavefailedtodefendthemselveswithcompellingevidencethethesisassumethatthereistenseinChinese.TheChinesetensehasmainlybeeninterpretedintwowaysintherecentliterature:(i)Chinesetenseislexicallyrealizedass

3、everaltensemarkerswhichmarkpastpresentfuturetoaclause(ii)ChinesetenseisafunctionalcategyT.Itprojectswitheitheranemptytenseoperatonitsheadwithaphoicallynullheadbutbearingstrongnominalfeatures.Thisthesisobservesthatbothapp

4、roachesfacefatalchallenges:thefmerlackssolidtheeticfoundationssoitcannotanswerthequestionwhysometimeadverbialssuchaszuotian(yesterday)qunian(lastyear)mintian(tomrow)cannotbetakenastensemarkersinChineseThelatterfailstosat

5、isfyanyconditionoftheVisibilityGuidelinefFunctionalCategieswhichclaimsthatafunctionalcategyshouldbearphoiccontentbyitselfinfluencethemphologicalshapeofitsneighbinglexicalcategytriggeracertainmovement.IndertointerprettheC

6、hinesetenseinabetterwaytosolvetheproblemswhichariseinthepreviousstudiesthisthesisistoinvestigateChinesetenseintheframewkofMPbyclaimingthattenseisafunctionalcategyofhumanlanguage.TensebearstenseEPPfeatureexpressestenseeve

7、ntstructureitself.HenceithasadeiticfunctionwithrespecttoVPitplaysaroleinthederivation.WithintheframewkofMPtheChinesetensesystemisinterpretedasthis:Chinesetenseisafunctionalcategy.ItprojectsthetenseprojectionislabeledasTP

8、.TheheadofTPislexicallyrealizedasmeilaizhebothbearinginterpretabletensefeature[iT].TherearetwokindsofmovementsinvolvingtenseinChinese.(i)Verblewhichisarguedtobeanotherfunctionalcategyvhastheuninterpretabletensefeature[uT

9、].InsentenceswithverblebutwithoutmeithetensefeatureonTheadchecksthe[uT]onverbletriggersaVvtoTmovement(ii)WhenCsaTPwithlaizheasTheadCbearsa[uT]aTtoCmovementistriggeredtocheckedoffthe[uT].Ifthisinterpretationisontherighttr

10、ackthenthedifferencebetweenChineseEnglishtenseonlyliesintheirmphologybutnotinthenatureoftense.EnglishverbsareinflectionallytensedwhileChineseverbsarenot.TensefeaturesonTchecktherelativefeaturesonverbsinEnglishbutdonotche