A Syntactic and Semantic Study of English Prepositions in the Minimalist Program

极简程序中英语介词的句法和语义研究

• 批准号: 19520430
• 负责人: SUZUKI Hidekazu
• 金额: $ 1.91万
• 依托单位: Dokkyo University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2007 至 2009
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19520430/
• 关键词: 文法; 前置詞; 前置詞句; 共起制限; プロト意味概念; 比喩的拡張; 特性構造(Qualia Structure); 形式特性(formal qualia); 目的特性(telic qualia); 複合前置詞; 範疇選択; 意味選択; 従位接続詞; 一般意味役割; マクロ主題役

(1) Prepositions can be found to take not only NPs but also APs, AdvPs, PPs and CPs ; so categorial selections must be specified for prepositions just like verbs.(2) PPs can appear not only in sentence-initial position, VP-final position and sentence-final position but also in mid-position or auxiliary position, depending on their meanings.(3) The semantic interpretation of PPs can be suggested to be made in the following way : (i) A small number of Proto-meanings can be assumed for prepositions ; (ii) The semantic properties of nouns can be specified in terms of Qualia structure, especially by Constitutive and Telic Qualia.

(1) 介词不仅可以带NP，还可以带AP、AdvP、PP、CP；因此，介词必须像动词一样指定类别选择。(2)介词不仅可以出现在句首、副词尾和句尾位置，还可以出现在中间位置或辅助位置，具体取决于其含义。 (3) 介词的语义解释可建议按以下方式进行： (i) 介词可假定少量原义； (ii) 名词的语义属性可以用 Qualia 结构来指定，尤其是 Constitutive Qualia 和 Telic Qualia。