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Chapter Two Theoretical Framework

2.1 Phase Theory

2.1.1 The Definition of Phase

“Phase” is a new concept that have been proposed during the development of the Minimalist Program and has now developed into a theory with strong explanatory power in generative syntax. 

Chomsky (1986) proposed from a biological point of view that a language is a state of language skills, which can be arbitrarily called I language. I language emphasizes that language is internal, personal and purposeful. Phase is closely related to the continuous deepening of people's understanding of faculty of language (FL) and the development of generative grammar theory. Chomsky (2005a:6, 2005b:1, 2006:2) believes that the development of individual language involves the following three factors: first, genetic endowment. Genetic endowment is almost the same for human members, it determines the general process of language function development restricts the language that can be acquired, and makes language acquisition possible. Second, external data. That is, the external data stimulus needed for language acquisition. Under the control of experience and genetic inheritance, a certain language can be selected within a limited range. Third, principles not specific to FL, it refers to principles not specific to FL, which are applicable to other fields and have universal meaning in addition to language. The interaction of these three factors determines the acquisition of specific internal language.

2.2 Cartography Theory

Cartography Approach is an important research program of generative grammar theory, which mainly discusses the hierarchical structure of natural language syntactic components. The word “Cartography” is derived from the Greek word and refers to the science and art of cartography. Generative grammar theory borrows this concept, referring to the detailed drawing of the syntactic component structure in the form of a tree diagram, that is, drawing an accurate map of the syntactic component structure. Cinque & Rizzi (2008) define the cartography of syntactic structures as “an attempt to draw maps as precise and detailed as possible of syntactic configurations.”

Cartography theory is an extension of X-Bar theory. At the same time, as one of the leading research projects in contemporary development, cartography has had a huge impact on current research in formal linguistics.

Luigi Rizzi (1997, 2001b, 2003) claims that CP should be split into a number of different projections - an analysis widely referred to as the CP split hypothesis. More specifically, he argues that complementizers Phase should be separated into ForceP (Force Phrase), TopP (Topic Phrase), FocP (Focus Phrase) and FinP (Finiteness Phrase). The first ForceP specializes in declarative, questioning, subjunctive and other mood functions.

Chapter Three Description and Comparison on Sluicing Sentences Between English and Chinese ..... 17

3.1 The Definition of Sluicing ........................... 17

3.2 The Expression Form of English Sluicing Sentences ................. 19

Chapter Four Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of English and Chinese Sluicing Sentences . 28

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