Information Structure and the Position of Sentence-Internal Clauses in English

• 영문명: Information Structure and the Position of Sentence-Internal Clauses in English
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Youngjun Jang
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제15권 제2호, 195~208쪽, 전체 14쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.06.01

영문 초록

In this paper we discuss three related issues. First, we are concerned with the extraposition constructions in English. After reviewing the formal explanation, mostly, that of feature-checking analysis, of this phenomenon, we adopt Kuno's (1987) functional account. Especially, we apply and extend Kuno's ban on non-sentence-final clauses and explore the possibility of modifying the constraint in various constructions in English. After that, we show cases where the functional constraint seems to be violated. We propose a modified version of the functional constraint for cases in which various discontinuous constituents are involved such as comparative, relative, and adjunct clauses. This kind of functional explanation, we believe, follows from a more general principle of information structure.

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Abstract

1. Introduction

2. General Facts about Expletive Constructions

3. Feature-Checking and Clausal Arguments

4. Ban on Non-Sentence-Final Clauses

5. Information Structure and the Relative Order of Internal Clauses

6. Conclusions

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