摘要 5-7 Abstract 7-8 Contents 9-12 List of Tables 12-13 List of Figures 13-14 Abbreviations 14-16 Chapter One Introduction 16-23 1.1 OVERVIEW 16-17 1.2 THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS 17-22 1.2.1 Optimality Theory 17-20 1.2.2 Wh-phrases as Quantificational Expressions 20-22 1.3 RESEACH QUESTIONS 22 1.4 ORGANIZATION 22-23 Chapter Two Origin of OT Constraints:Principles in Generative Grammar 23-44 2.1 THE ESSENCE OF OPTIMALITY THEORY 23 2.2 EVALUATION AND DERIVATION 23-25 2.3 RICHNESS OF THE BASE 25-28 2.3.1 Translation of Richness of the Base into Syntax 25-27 2.3.2 Translation of Richness of the Base into Semantics 27 2.3.3 Consequences of the Richness of the Base 27-28 2.4 OPTIMALITY-THEORETICAL SYNTAX 28-34 2.4.1 Motivation of Syntactic OT Constraints 28-29 2.4.2 Structure Generating 29 2.4.3 Non-universality of the Candidate Set 29-30 2.4.4 Absolute Ungrammaticality 30 2.4.5 Faithfulness Violations in Syntax 30-31 2.4.6 Optimal Analysis of Negative Operator/Auxiliary/Subject:a Case Study 31-34 2.4.7 Conclusion 34 2.5 OPTIMALITY-THEORETICAL SEMANTECS 34-43 2.5.1 Some Notions in Optimality-theoretic Semantics 34-35 2.5.2 Mutual Relations between OT Syntax and OT Semantics 35-37 2.5.3 OT Semantics and Processing of Coordination: a Case Study 37-43 2.6 Summary 43-44 Chapter Three Wh-quantification: Movement or Non-Movement 44-75 3.1 Two Hypotheses on Wh-phrases 45-72 3.2 Cross-linguistic Variation of Wh-phrases: English vs Chinese 72-74 3.3 Summary 74-75 Chapter Four Constraint Interaction in OT Syntax: Orders ofWh-phrases 75-87 4.1 The Syntax of Questions 75-79 4.2 Cross-linguistic Variation of Orders in Wh-phrases 79-86 4.3 Summary 86-87 Chapter Five Ineffability, Optionality and Inputs in Wh-Syntax 87-130 5.1 Ineffability in Wh-Syntax 87-99 5.2 Optionality in Wh-Syntax 99-115 5.3 Inputs in Wh-Syntax 115-129 5.4 Summary 129-130 Chapter Six Constraint Interaction in OT Semantics: Ambiguity ofWh-Quantification 130-156 6.1 The Smantics of Questions 130-140 6.2 Constraints in OT Semantics 140-142 6.3 Cross-linguistic Analysis on Ambiguity of Wh-quantification 142-155 6.4 Summary 155-156 Conclusion 156-161 References 161-170 Acknowledgements 170-171 Appendix A 171-172 Appendix B 详细中文摘要 172-177 |
