漢語「虛範疇」與「一般性詞組語法」

Abstract

The paper presents an examination, within the framework of generalized Phrase Structure Grammar（hencehorth GPSG）, provided by Gazdar, Klein, Pullum and Sag(1985), of the structure of sentences with zero subject or/and zero object in Chinese and, furthermore, to compare the similarities and differences between the syntactic operation of certain empty categoris in Chinese and English. I will argue the GPSG fails to adequately give an explanation to the structure of sentence with zero subject or/and zero object and topicalized sentences in Mandarin, and that to effectively deal with these constructions we need to modify the relevant parts of the grammar.