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1、OnEnglishIndependentStructureSyntacticandPragmaticFunctions Abstract Manywesternlinguistsbegantopaymuchattentiontosmallclausesince1980s.Thereislittlespecializedresearchonthestructureofsmallclause,andtherelatedexplanationsinthegrammarbookareaboutitss
2、urfacefeaturesinsteadofitsinternalsyntacticstructure.Syntaxasanindependentsciencehasnotfinishedexplainingallthelinguisticphenomena,forthestructureofsmallclauseisadisputabletopicwhichneedsexplanationandresearch.Lastbutnotleast,Iwouldalsoliketothankwith
3、allmyheartmyparentsfortheirlove,understanding,support,andencouragementthroughoutmywritingofthethesisandthecompletetwoandahalfyearsofgraduatestudy.Itwashewhowasalwaysreadytosolvemyproblemsinstudiesandresearch.Itwashewhoofferedmesuggestionsandreferences
4、forthisthesis.Anditwashewhohelpedmeinreviewingthewholethesis.Mywordsaretooweaktoexpressmygratefulnesstohim. Keyword:IndependentStructure;Syntactic;PragmaticFunctions H313 ThisthesisredefinesEnglishsmallclauseandresearchesonitsderivationalprocess,
5、itsclassificationandsyntacticfeaturesundertheframeworkoftransformationalgenerativegrammar.Attheverybeginning,basedonthedefinitionsgivenbyStowell,ChomskyandRothstein,thethesisconsiderssmallclauseasanindependentconstituentlackingTense-featureandwhichhas
6、argumentandpredicaterelationshipandsharesthelogicstructure[NPVP].Next,thethesissummarizesthelimitationsofpreviousstudiesinordertofindanewwaytoanalyzethestructureofsmallclause.Toexplainthederivationofsmallclause,thethesisusestherelatedtheoriessuchasthe
7、casetheory,X-bartheory,theprincipleofeconomyinsyntaxandthenatureoflanguageandsoon.Finally,thisthesisanalyzesthesyntacticstructureofsmallclauseaccordingtothebasiclogicframeoflanguageandtreatssmallclauseasaNonIPwhichmakesadistinctionbetweensmallclausean
8、dsentence;andsomesyntacticfeaturesofitsuchasfunctionsanddistributionsarealsolisted. ChapterOneIntroduction 1.1BackgroundoftheStudy Languageisauniquetalentofhumanbeingsandhasbeenstudiedforcenturies.Withthedevelopmentofcognitivescience,lang
