WH-运动和SPEC-CP的立场:来自美国手语的证据
Karen Petronio1, Diane Lillo-Martin2
1Eastern Kentucky University.
概括
在美国手语 (ASL) 中的wh-movement被认为是向左,而不是向右. 显而易见的向右移动是由语法和话语因素解释的,使ASL与通用语法原则保持一致.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 语法 语法 语法 语法 语法
- 标语语言语言学 语言学
背景情况:
- 美国手语 (ASL) 中的wh-movement的方向性一直是争论的主题.
- 一些研究人员建议在ASL中向右转动,挑战许多语言中观察到的向左转动的一般趋势.
研究的目的:
- 质疑ASL中向右移动的说法.
- 提出ASL中的wh-运动是向左的,具体来说是对Complementizer Phrase (CP) 的向左指定的.
- 为ASL中右向 wh-元素的出现提供另一种解释.
主要方法:
- 对影响ASL中wh元素放置的语法和话语因素的分析.
- 在ASL中检查直接和间接的wh-questions.
- 与关于wh运动的跨语言概括进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在ASL中,wh-的移动被证明是向左移动,移动到CP的指定符.
- 在句子或话语的最后位置上出现wh元素是由于独立的语法和话语因素,而不是向右移动.
- 拟议的分析解释了ASL的各种问题.
结论:
- 该研究得出的结论是,ASL中的wh运动是向左的,与跨语言趋势一致.
- 独立的语法和话语机制解释了明显的右边wh元素的位置.
- 这项分析将ASL的wh-question结构与更广泛的语言理论相协调.
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