Are There Dangling Topics in Mandarin Chinese?

漢語裡有孤懸主題嗎？

黃瑞恆(Ray Rui-Heng Huang) ； 丁仁(Jen Ting)

《Concentric： Studies in Linguistics》 32卷1期 (2006/01) Pp. 119-146

https://doi.org/10.6241/concentric.ling.200601_32(1).0005

摘要

本文旨在探討漢語裡是否存在孤懸主題(dangling topics)，俗稱漢語式主題(Chinese-style topics)。反對者認為，所有的漢語主題皆透過句法鏈(chain formation)或A槓移位(A''''-movement)，因而與緊隨的評論句(comment clause)產生依附關係(dependency)，獲得形式認可(syntactically licensed)。反之，贊成者則主張，漢語裡有某些主題，也就是孤懸主題，是經由語意認可(semantically licensed)的，與形式無關。比較兩造分析之後，本文反駁語意認可的論點，同時修正形式認可分析中的一些缺點，總之，我們認為漢語裡並不存在孤懸主題。

關鍵字

主題結構 ； 孤懸主題 ； 句法鏈 ； A槓移位

並列摘要

This paper compares two opposing views as to whether dangling topics exist in Mandarin Chinese. The non-dangling-topic analysis considers all Chinese topics syntactically licensed by chain formation or A'-movement, while the dangling-topic analysis treats some Chinese topics (i.e. dangling topics) as semantically rather than syntactically licensed. Rejecting the semantic licensing of topics, this paper argues in favor of the non-dangling-topic approach but meanwhile fixes some problems that may arise under this approach.

並列關鍵字

topic construction ； dangling topic ； subject in Chinese ； PP-reduced form

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