论英语从句对引导词that来源-外国语言学与应用语言学专业毕业论文.docx

优秀毕业论文 精品参考文献资料 A b s tr a c t T h a t is on e o f th e m o st frequ en tly -u sed w o rds in E n g lish . In trad ition al gram m ar, th a t h as du al statu s:as a d em on strative p ro n oun or a clause in trodu cer. In ord er to exp lain th is kin d of syn chron ic v ariation ex istin g in th e u sag es o f tha t, th is th esis exp lores the d ifferen ces an d relation sh ip b etw een th e tw o in stan ces o f tha t from a diach ro n ic an gle. T h ere fo re , th e th e sis d iscu sses th e d iach ron ic ev o lv em en t o f th a t fro m a dem on strativ e p ron ou n to a com p lem en tizer v ia gram m aticalizatio n w ith in th e fram ew o rk o f G en erativ e G ram m ar, em ph asizing on its co u rse, m otiv atio n , m ech an ism an d th e path w ay it fo llow s, an d thus to rev eal th e orig in o f th e E n g lish clau se introdu cer th a t. G ram m aticalization is a p rocess in w h ich lex ical item s d ev elop in to fun ction al item s or th e ex isting fun ction al item s tran sform in to n ew on es w h ich h av e m o re fun ctio n s. A s a p erv asiv e diachron ic ch an g e o f lan gu ag e,gram m aticalization h as been th e top ic o f function alism an d w as ev en v iew ed as a ch allen g e to form alism . B ased on the prev iou s stu dies on gram m aticalization from a form al p ersp ectiv e, th is th esis arg u es th at gram m aticalization resu lts from th e ch ang e o f p aram eter settin g ,w h ich is cau sed b y th e am b igu ity o f th e triggering ex p erien ce p rov id ed by in pu t, and th at th e creation o f th e n ew fun ction al categ ory is ow in g to th e  chan g e o f the w ay in w h ich th e function alh ead gets realization in P F . A ccordin g to th e ab ove an aly sis,th is th esis exp lores th e o rig in o f th e E ng lish clau se introdu cer tha t w ith in th e fram ew ork o f G en erativ e G ram m ar. A t th e b eg inn in g , th e thesis m ak es certain the sy n tactic