Local Asymmetric C-command,the Distributive Morpheme and the Syntactic Derivation of Amount Alignment Structures in Chinese and English
It is inappropriate to resort to traditional theta theory to define the semantic roles of the numeral-classifier-noun phrases in structures like"Yi Zhang Chuang shui san ge ren/San ge ren shui yi zhang chuang",since the relevant noun phrases are actually not the selected arguments of the verb"shui".Relevant NPs are actually selected by the quantifier operator of distribution,which is re-sponsible for the core semantics of this type of structures.Quantifier phrases denoting measurement are obligatory in this type of structures,whereas any definite noun phrases may undermine its seman-tic denotation,hence the term"for/use'variants".Abiding by the grammar architecture of Minimal-ist Program,after Narrow Syntax accomplishes the transfer of the syntactic object,Conceptual-Inten-tional system,by resorting to the semantic content of the distributional"mei"(每)and the direction of c-command between the relevant two Numeral Ps,assigns semantic representations to"for"and"use"variants.Meanwhile,Sensori-motor system,on the basis of the spell-out optionality of the functional morpheme and manner roots,assigns four different but related variants for the Amount A-lignment Structures.
generative grammar"for/use" structuresverb-less structuresnull morpheme "mei"(每)amount alignment relationsadjunction and MERG
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