Small clauses in English and the stage-level and individual-level predicate distinction = 영어 소절과 단게층위와 개별층위 술어 구분

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The paper provides a proper grammatical characterization of the celebrated individual-level (IL) vs. stage-level (SL) distinction of predicates. Taking into account the restrictive distribution of IL predicates within small clauses compared with the relatively free distribution of SL predicates we suggest, extending the ideas advanced by Diesing (1992) and Bowers (1993), that the two types of predicates are grammatically distinguished by the two different types of their selecting Pred which functions as a mediator between a predicate and its associated subject NP. Furthermore we shall argue that the Pred which selects an IL predicate raises to a higher tense element to undergo temporal interpretation, whereas the Pred which selects an SL predicate does not have to raise, so it does not raise. This movement approach we shall take offers an explicit account for why IL predicates display the effects of Huang's (1982) Condition on Extraction Domain, whereas SL predicates do not. NP interpretations within a small clause in relation to Milsark's (1977) and Diesing's analysis of strong vs. weak quantifiers also follow naturally from our IL predicate selecting Pred raising hypothesis.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Critical Assessment of Previous Analyses
• 3. Proposal: Two Types of Pred(/Infl) and ⓘ-Pred Raising
• 4. Exposition
• 5. Two Types of Pred
• 6. Summary
• References