Precedence and Dominance in English Noun Phrases

• 영문명: Precedence and Dominance in English Noun Phrases
• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: 장영준(Youngjun Jang)
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제13권 제2호, 221~233쪽, 전체 13쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.06.01

영문 초록

The purpose of this paper is to decide whether we need the concept of linearity in the theory of syntax. By introducing Larsonian (1988) shell structure into the structure of noun phrases, we show that linear notions such as precedence can be dispensed with, contrary to what Kuno (1987, 1988, 1993 with Takami) argues. Specifically, we argue that a hierarchically structured configuration of noun phrases dictated by theta role assignment guarantees some fixed word order, thereby obviating the need of introducing ‘precedence’ into the formulation of various syntactic rules as Kuno did. Under the present proposal, preceding terminal nodes on the base structure are always, by definition, higher than other terminal nodes. One theoretical consequence of this proposal is that we might not need another stipulation of Kuno's (1987) such that prepositional node is invisible to command.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Linearity versus Hierarchy

3. PP-Invisibility and Precedence

4. Theta Role Assignment and the NP-Shell

5. Conclusion

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