Structure of Noun Phrases-Left or Right?

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Taiwan Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI:10.6519/TJL.2014.12(2).1

A. Li

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Abstract

This paper builds on Y.-H. A. Li (2013) and claims that different structures for [Num + Cl (+de) + NP] should be recognized-left-branching structures for the constructions with Num+Cl functioning like modifiers (relative clauses) describing the properties of the following NPs (property-reading in Y.-H. A. Li 2013) and rightbranching structures for the others (entity-reading and quantity-reading in Y.-H. A. Li 2013). The property-reading construction requires de to be base-generated between the modifying phrase and the modified NP. De is part of the grammatical structure and licenses NP-ellipsis. If de appears in the quantity-reading construction, it is the result of phonological insertion and does not affect the grammatical structure or license NP-ellipsis. The structures in question are as stated regardless of the types of classifiers. It is the interpretation or function of Num + Cl that determines the grammatical structure, rather than the type of classifiers. The presence of de cannot be the criterion for determining structures, either, because different types of de need to be recognized. There have been challenges raised in the literature against consistent right-branching structures for non-property reading constructions [Num + Cl (+de) + NP]. It will be shown that these challenges either do not really exist or actually favor the analysis advocated in this work.

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名词短语的结构——左还是右?

本文以y - h为基础。A. Li(2013)，并声称[Num +Cl (+de) + NP]的不同结构应该被识别-对于具有Num+Cl功能的结构的左分支结构，如修饰语(关系从句)，描述以下NP的属性(y- h中的属性读取)。A. Li 2013)和其他右分支结构(y- h中的实体阅读和数量阅读)。A. Li 2013)。属性读取结构要求de在修饰短语和修饰的NP之间基本生成。De是语法结构的一部分，允许np省略。如果“de”出现在量读结构中，则是语音插入的结果，并不影响语法结构或允许np省略。所讨论的结构与分类器的类型无关。决定语法结构的是Num + Cl的解释或功能，而不是分类器的类型。de的存在也不能成为确定结构的标准，因为需要识别不同类型的de。文献中对非属性阅读结构的一致右分支结构提出了挑战[Num + Cl (+de) + NP]。它将表明，这些挑战要么并不真正存在，要么实际上有利于本工作中所提倡的分析。

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Taiwan Journal of Linguistics LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： Taiwan Journal of Linguistics is an international journal dedicated to the publication of research papers in linguistics and welcomes contributions in all areas of the scientific study of language. Contributions may be submitted from all countries and are accepted all year round. The language of publication is English. There are no restrictions on regular submission; however, manuscripts simultaneously submitted to other publications cannot be accepted. TJL adheres to a strict standard of double-blind reviews to minimize biases that might be caused by knowledge of the author’s gender, culture, or standing within the professional community. Once a manuscript is determined as potentially suitable for the journal after an initial screening by the editor, all information that may identify the author is removed, and copies are sent to at least two qualified reviewers. The selection of reviewers is based purely on professional considerations and their identity will be kept strictly confidential by TJL. All feedback from the reviewers, except such comments as may be specifically referred to the attention of the editor, is faithfully relayed to the authors to assist them in improving their work, regardless of whether the paper is to be accepted, accepted upon minor revision, revised and resubmitted, or rejected.