导　　师： 吴刚

学科专业： 050211

授予学位： 硕士

作　　者： ;

机构地区： 华南理工大学

摘　　要： 本文旨在利用语段理论来研究DP语段内的形容词词组的句法推导,重在介绍形容词的多重分类方法和形容词的句法地位,以及形容词在名词词组中的位置分布。基于Boleda, Badia和Walde /(2005/)对形容词分类的研究,本文认为,形容词可以从语义,形态以及句法这三个层面来进行分类,并且这三种分类方法之间有着很紧密的关系。通过对名词词组和分句的类比研究,Svenonius /(2003/)认为,在名词词组中至少存在两个语段,分别是DP和nP。DP对应于分句中CP语段,而nP对应于分句中的vP语段。在Svenonius /(2003/)的理论基础上,本文提出了新的观点,认为名词词组中的两个语段分别是限定词词组DP和轻名词词组nP。 对于形容词的句法地位,学术界有四种经典的观点:中心语;附加语;标示语;简化了的关系从句。本文首先综述了这四种基本观点,并分析了每种观点各自的优缺点,进而尝试提出一种新的观点。本文认为,所有的形容词的初始位置都在其所修饰的名词之后,并且他们都是由简化了的关系从句衍生而来的;此观点基于本文所提出的特征F和参数P。所有的形容词有具有普遍特征F,而不同语言的形容词具有不同的参数P;参数P位于特征F上,它决定了名词词组内形容词与名词的最终位置。为了证明本文所提出的各种观点,文章搜集了各种语料/(英语、汉语、印度尼西亚语、泰语,法语,葡萄牙语等/)对名词词组内的形容词词组进行了具体的句法推导分析。 This thesis aims to study the syntactic derivation of adjective phrases in DP by using the latest phase theory, focusing on adjective classification and its syntactic status as well as adjective distribution. Based on G Boleda, T Badia, and SS im Walde‘s /(Boleda, Badia and Walde, 2005/) efforts on multi-level classification of adjectives, it is claimed in this thesis that adjectives can be identified from semantic, morphological and syntactic level; furthermore, there is a very close relationship among adjectives in those three different linguistic levels. In this thesis, two phases are proposed in DP, and that is DP phase and nP phase. This proposal is under the assumption of Svenonius‘/(2003/) study that is based on the analogical analysis of clauses and nominal phases. Svenonius /(2003/) deems that QP corresponds to CP, and nP to vP; but it is argued in this thesis that it is DP that is similar to CP, whereas nP to vP. When it comes to the syntactic status of adjectives, it never achieves any consensus. Basically, there are four classic hypotheses: adjectives-as-heads, adjectives-as-adjuncts, adjectives-as-specifiers, and adjectives-as-reduced relative clauses. This thesis first reviews these four approaches and points out both the pros and cons respectively, then proposes that all universal adjectives are postnominally base-generated, and they are derived from reduced relative clauses. Actually, this point is proposed to be the universal adjective feature F. Located on the feature F, there is a parameter P which varies from one language from another, and decides the final adjective position within the DPs. To approve the proposal mentioned, various examples concerning the syntactic derivation of adjective phrases from cross-linguistic data /(English, Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, French and Portuguese/) have been collected in this thesis.

关 键 词： 形容词 语段推导 特征 参数

分 类 号： [H04]

领　　域： [语言文字]