Optional Derivations and Pronouns in English

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: 문귀선(Gui-Sun Moon)
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제43호, 33~53쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.03.01

영문 초록

The paper aims firstly to account for what causes the optional derivations in the environment of a lexical DP, either subject or object, which is a well known phenomenon exhibited by locative inversion constructions, quotative inversion constructions, comparative inversion constructions, and phrasal verb constructions. However, the optional word orders are not allowed when pronouns are involved in the concerning constructions. Accordingly, the second aim is to investigate why pronouns block the optional derivations; the subject-(auxiliary) verb inversion cannot take place with a pronoun subject, and a pronoun object cannot be placed after a particle in phrasal verb constructions. The final goal is to propose a unified account which can uniformly apply to both the optional subject-verb inversion constructions and the optional object shift of phrasal verb constructions.

목차

1. Introduction

2. The Distribution of Optional Derivations

3. Blocking Optional Derivations

4. Economy Principle: Move a light element

5. A Unified Account

6. Conclusion

키워드

optional derivations locative quotative comparative inversion phrasal verb constructions