On the Paradox of LF or SEM

摘要：

In GB, the overt wh-movement at S-structure as in (1) is licensed and isomorphically rendered into the LF representation in (2): (1) what does John think Mary wrote t? (2) Which x, x=THING such that John think(s) Mary wrote x. The reason why the S-representation of (1) should be rendered into the LF representation of (2) lies in the establishment of LF representation as an independent level of representation at the interface as argued in May (1976) and Huang (1982). Accordingly, an abstract movement of the shenme (what) in-situ in a language without overt wh-movement like Chinese is implemented from the S-structure in (3) to the LF representation in (4): (3) Yuehan renwei Mali xie-le shenme?

作者: Ning Chunyan

作者单位: Tianjin Normal University

会议类型: 国内会议

会议名称: 第五届形式语言学国际研讨会

会议地点: 光盘

会议语种:英文

页码: 19

在线出版日期: 2011-12-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）