Earticle

초록

영어

This paper explores the sentential stress pattern of English unergative and unaccusative verb constructions. In particular, this paper argues in favor of the idea that the nature of sentential stress (also known as nuclear stress) can be captured effectively by the theory of phase and multiple spell-out. In analyzing the different stress patterns of English UEVC and UAVCs, this paper reviews the (dis)advantages of two recent phase-based analyses: Kahnemuyipour (2004, 2009) and Kratzer & Selkirk (2007). According to them, sentential stress is universally assigned to the highest phrase in the spell-out domain of a phase. In the case of the UEVC, for example, the verb receives a sentential stress since there’s no other phrases in the spell-out domain of the vP phase. In the case of the UAVC, however, the vP is not regarded as a strong phase (Chomsky 2001), and thus subject can get stressed. Although they are quite successful in explaining a difference between the two intransitive verb constructions, there are still some conceptual drawbacks. Based on the prosodic assignment hierarchy (i.e. USSAH), this paper proposes another analysis on sentential stress in the framework of a phase and spell-out theory. Under the USSAH system, sentential stress is assigned to the most highly ranked element in the spell-out domain. This analysis can resolve some serious stains of the previous phase-based analyses.

목차

I. Introduction
 II. A Preliminary Study
  1. Unergatives vs. Unaccusatives
  2. The Basics of the Phase and Multiple Spell-out Theory
 III. Two Phase and Multiple Spell-out-based Theories
  1. Kahnemuyipour (2004, 2009)
  2. Kratzer & Selkirk (2007)
 IV. An Alternative Analysis of Sentential Stress
  1. Proposal and Application
  2. Some Consequences of Unmarked Sentential Stress Assignment Hierarchy
 V. Conclusion
 Works Cited
 Abstract

키워드

문장 강세 비능격 동사구문 비대격 동사구문 핵강세 법칙 논항구조 G-표시 일반 문장 강세 체계 sentential stress unergative verb construction unaccusative verb construction Nuclear Stress Rule argument structure G-marking Unmarked Sentential Stress Assignment Hierarchy

저자

• Kwon, Jongil [ 권종일 | Kyungnam University ]

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물