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1、OnEnglishIndependentStructureSyntacticandPragmaticFunctions Abstract Manywesternlinguistsbegantopaymuchattentiontosmallclausesince1980s.Thereislittlespecializedresearchonthestructureofsmallclause,andtherelatedexplanationsinthegrammarbookareaboutitssurfacefeaturesinsteadofitsinternalsynta
2、cticstructure.Syntaxasanindependentsciencehasnotfinishedexplainingallthelinguisticphenomena,forthestructureofsmallclauseisadisputabletopicwhichneedsexplanationandresearch.Lastbutnotleast,Iwouldalsoliketothankwithallmyheartmyparentsfortheirlove,understanding,support,andencouragementthrougho
3、utmywritingofthethesisandthecompletetwoandahalfyearsofgraduatestudy.Itwashewhowasalwaysreadytosolvemyproblemsinstudiesandresearch.Itwashewhoofferedmesuggestionsandreferencesforthisthesis.Anditwashewhohelpedmeinreviewingthewholethesis.Mywordsaretooweaktoexpressmygratefulnesstohim. Keyword:
4、IndependentStructure;Syntactic;PragmaticFunctions H31310 ThisthesisredefinesEnglishsmallclauseandresearchesonitsderivationalprocess,itsclassificationandsyntacticfeaturesundertheframeworkoftransformationalgenerativegrammar.Attheverybeginning,basedonthedefinitionsgivenbyStowell,Chomskyan
5、dRothstein,thethesisconsiderssmallclauseasanindependentconstituentlackingTense-featureandwhichhasargumentandpredicaterelationshipandsharesthelogicstructure[NPVP].Next,thethesissummarizesthelimitationsofpreviousstudiesinordertofindanewwaytoanalyzethestructureofsmallclause.Toexplainthederiva
6、tionofsmallclause,thethesisusestherelatedtheoriessuchasthecasetheory,X-bartheory,theprincipleofeconomyinsyntaxandthenatureoflanguageandsoon.Finally,thisthesisanalyzesthesyntacticstructureofsmallclauseaccordingtothebasiclogicframeoflanguageandtreatssmallclauseasaNonIPwhichmakesadistinctionb
7、etweensmallclauseandsentence;andsomesyntacticfeaturesofitsuchasfunctionsanddistributionsarealsolisted. ChapterOneIntroduction 1.1BackgroundoftheStudy Languageisauniquetalentofhumanbeingsandhasbeenstudied10forcenturies.Withthedevelopmentofcognitivescience,
