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[On English Multiple Discourse-Related Movement]
1Department of English, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
Journal of UOEH
|September 19, 2018
Summary
This study introduces Phase-based CP Cartographic Analysis, a new syntactic framework. It explains how multiple discourse-related movements in English, like Topicalization and Wh-movement, affect word order and grammaticality.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Syntactic Theory
- Computational Linguistics
Background:
- The cartographic approach analyzes clause structure using functional projections.
- Minimalist syntactic theory posits phases as basic computational units.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a hybrid syntactic analysis: Phase-based CP Cartographic Analysis.
- To investigate multiple discourse-related movement (MDM) phenomena in English using this framework.
Main Methods:
- Integrating the concept of phases into the cartographic Complementizer Phrase (CP) analysis.
- Examining Topicalization, Focalization, and Wh-movement at the clausal periphery.
Main Results:
- The proposed Phase-based CP Cartographic Analysis effectively models clause-peripheral syntactic structures.
- The framework captures the grammaticality of word order resulting from combined discourse-related movements.
Conclusions:
- Phase-based CP Cartographic Analysis offers a robust model for understanding syntactic movement.
- This approach provides new insights into the interaction of discourse functions and syntactic structure in English.
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