The Features and Structure of Verb-Copying Constructions
This paper addresses the syntactic features and the generation of verb-copying constructions(VCCs),as well as the constraints on their generation in the framework of generative grammar.After having reviewed the possible analyses of VCCs,the paper proposes that VP1,which has become a GP,serves as the subject and V2 functions as the predicate.If VP1 contains a logical subject,it can be regarded as SV functioning as the subject.Since VP1 is a phrase,instead of a clause,when it serves as the subject,V1 cannot be followed by tense/aspect markers,complement markers,and adverbial adjuncts.Nor can it be negated by a negative.This model of analysis can account for the syntactic distribution of tense/aspect markers,adverbials,negatives,and complements.Furthermore,it can account for why object copying is forbidden,especially the mechanism of derivation of VCCs and the syntactic constraints they must be subject to.More importantly,it can also be applied to VCCs in Vata and Hebrew.Therefore,it is to some degree significant of linguistic universalism.
verb-copying constructionsV2 functioning as the predicatefocalizationtense/aspect markercomplement marker
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