越南語右緣助詞không的左緣本質

This work provides a syntactic account of VP-không questions in Vietnamese. We begin by pointing out potential problems in Duffield's (2013a) predicate-raising analysis to VP-không questions. First, it is unclear why raising the predicate to the left of the negator không could turn a declarativ...

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Published inTaiwan Journal of Linguistics Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 115 - 133
Main Authors 廖苡伶(Y.-L. Irene Liao), 林宗宏(T.-H. Jonah Lin)
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published 台灣 政治大學語言所 01.01.2024
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ISSN1729-4649

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Summary:This work provides a syntactic account of VP-không questions in Vietnamese. We begin by pointing out potential problems in Duffield's (2013a) predicate-raising analysis to VP-không questions. First, it is unclear why raising the predicate to the left of the negator không could turn a declarative into a question. Second, Duffield's analysis cannot account for the occurrence of TP-level adverbs between the subject and the predicate. Third, contrary to a claim in Duffield's analysis, the topic marker thì is actually compatible with VP không questions. To deal with these problems, we argue for an alternative analysis which involves Neg-to-C movement and the raising of a remnant TP.
本文探討越南語中否定詞không置於句尾作為疑問詞的問句(VP-không questions),並為其提出句法分析。我們指出了Duffield(2013a)針對此種問句提出的謂語提升(predicate-raising)分析可能會面臨的問題。一,Duffield(2013a)的分析中並沒有說明謂語提升到否定詞không之前為何能將陳述句轉變為疑問句。二,Duffield(2013a)的分析無法解釋時制詞組層級的副詞(TP-level adverb)為何能出現在主詞和謂語之間。三,Duffield(2013a)認為主題標記thì無法出現在VP-không問句中,但是主題標記thì事實上是可以出現在VP-không問句中的。本文提出一套不同的句法分析,認為VP-khôn
ISSN:1729-4649