Subjects and the clausal structure of Chinese and English

The purpose of this dissertation is to develop explanations of some syntactic differences between Chinese and English. The core idea explored is that the absence of subject-verb agreement (i.e. Agr) in Chinese and its presence in English has wide-ranging consequences, most fundamentally in the clausal structure of the two languages. The principles and parameters framework developed in Chomsky 1981 and Chomsky 1986a,b and pursued in the works of a number of other linguists provides the overall theoretical orientation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Wible, David Scott

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cole, Peter

• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Wible, David Scott

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9021776
(UMI)AAI9021776

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21712