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3.1 DP Hypothesis .................................... 15

3.2 Phase Theory ................................... 17 

Chapter Four Description of Movement of Adjectual Modifiers in English and Chinese Nominal Phrases ...........20

4.1 Classification of English and Chinese Adjectives .......................... 20

4.1.1 Classification of English Adjectives ............................. 20

4.1.1.1 Classification by Grammatical Function ........................ 20

4.1.1.2 Classification by Semantic Meaning ............................. 21 

Chapter Five Analysis of Movement of Adjectual Modifiers in English and Chinese Nominal Phrases ...30

5.1 Analysis of Movement of Adjectual Modifiers in English Nominal Phrases ............................. 30

5.1.1 Restrictions on Morphological Change ............................ 30

5.1.2 Restrictions on Semantic Meaning ...................................... 30

Chapter Six Derivation of Movement of Adjectual Modifiers in English and Chinese Nominal Phrases under Phase Theory

6.1 Base-generation Position of Adjectives in Nominal Phrases

Towards status of adjectives, there are mainly three perspectives in academic circles. Abney (1987) analyses adjectives as heads to form maximal projection APs, selecting NPs as complement; Bernstein (1993), Bouchard (1998), et al. argue that adjectives can be analyzed as adjuncts according to adjunction to the maximal projection (NP), the intermediate projection (N’), or the nominal head itself (N); Cinque (1995) believes that adjectives are in specifier positions of FPs in noun phrases by comparing relative position of adjectives in noun phrases in Romance and Germanic languages. 

Take nominal phrase “a clever boy” as an example, different syntactic structures are shown in 1a-c. 

Chapter Seven Conclusion

7.1 Major Findings

This paper discusses movement of English and Chinese adjectives within nominal phrases, explores movement mechanism of adjectives under the framework of Phase Theory and Cartographic Approach and explains derivation process of adjective movement from the perspective of formal syntax. The major findings are as follows:

1) Many English and Chinese adjectual modifiers can undergo movement when meeting several requirements. In semantic level, containment of [+gradable] feature is the premise for adjectives to move, which ensures that they can combine with degree words. What’s more, Chinese adjectives in subject and object nominal phrases have to satisfy extra restrictions to help them enter into adverbial position. Adjectives in object nominal phrases must possess [+perceived] feature while corresponding predicate verbs need to have [+causative] feature to make adjectives salient. Adjectives in subject nominal phrases only need to contain [+temporary] feature for that they undergo movement without going over predicate verbs. In morphological level, English adjectives need to combine with certain degree words to undergo movement, while Chinese adjectives ca本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。