理论与方法专栏｜移位的统一性

Abstract：

Displacement (of linguistic expressions) is a ubiquitous phenomenon in natural language. In the generative tradition, displacement is modeled in terms of transformation, or more precisely, movement, which establishes dependencies among syntactic constituents in a phrase structure. This book probes the question regarding to what extent movement theories can be unified. Specifically, I address issues surrounding the debate of the distinction between head movement and phrasal movement over the past few decades. The distinction presupposes that structural complexity of the moving element is correlated with its movement properties. The goal of this book is to show that this is an unwarranted assumption. Based on a number of case studies on verb displacement phenomena in Cantonese, I attempt a unified theory of movement by abandoning the head/phrase distinction in movement theories. These case studies converge on the conclusion that the phrase structure status of syntactic constituents bears a minimal role in theorizing displacement phenomena in natural language. This volume represents a minimalist pursuit of a unified theory of movement.

简介：

在自然语言中，语言表达的挪位是一种普遍现象。生成语法领域中的学者一般通过转换操作（具体而言是移位）来解释这一现象，这一操作能够在短语结构中的句法成分之间建立起依存关系。该书针对近几十年来关于中心语移位和短语移位之间区别的争论，探讨了移位在何种程度上可以获得统一解释的问题。两类移位的差异意味着移位成分的结构复杂性与其移位性质相关，但该书认为这一观点无相关证据支持。相反，基于对粤语动词挪位现象的研究，该书提出移位具有统一性，无需区分中心语移位与短语移位。该书记录的语料均表明，自然语言中句法成分的短语结构地位对于解释挪位现象贡献甚微。该书为移位现象提出的统一解释符合最简主义的理论追求。

-Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee-

Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee（李梓明），香港城市大学翻译及语言学系客座助理教授，研究兴趣为句法及其在语义和语音上的映射，尤其关注移位理论和句法结构的线性化，其研究对象主要为粤语及其他东亚语言。

Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee（李梓明）is a Visiting Assistant Professor of the Department of Linguistics and Translation in City University of Hongkong. His research focuses on syntax and its mapping onto meanings and sounds, with special emphasis on movement theories and linearization of syntactic structures, mainly of Cantonese, as well as other East Asian languages.

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