A Study of the Occurrence of de in Multiple Modifier-head Constructions: A Minimalist Approach
Foreign Languages School, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
| Abstract: | The current paper carries out a study on the occurrence of de in multiple-modifier constructions, aiming to provide an account from the perspective of generative grammar. Based on the semantic relationships between their attributives, this paper divides the relevant construction into different types, i.e., multiple-modifier constructions are classified into coordinate structures and progressive structures, and demonstrates that they are distinct in the distribution and occurrence of de. The framework of multi-layer DeP hypothesis is taken in to explain the construction and derivation of multiple-modifier constructions. The de in multiple-modifier constructions is viewed as a grammatical marker that signifies information focus, and trigger attributives raising to check its [+Foc] feature. Multi-de occurs only to convey specific pragmatic functions, and different modifying relations constrain the focus’ checking, resulting in different occurrence of de in the relevant constructions. This paper provides a new approach to the depiction of the internal structure of the multiple modifier-head construction and the explanation of the occurrence of de in the construction. |
| Keywords: | Multiple Modifiers; de; Occurrence; Information Focus; Feature Checking; Smuggling Movement |
| DOI: | 10.57237/j.cll.2022.02.004 |
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Received: 19 December 2022
Accepted: 30 January 2023
Published Online: 3 February 2023
Funding
| 1. | 河南省哲学社会科学规划项目“字本位视角下汉语特点研究” (项目编号: 2020BYY002) |
| 2. | 教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目“汉语框式介词的生成语法研究” (20YJC740055). |
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