Analyses of Negative Operator-caused Syntactic Inversion by Optimality Theory

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10.2991/ssemse-15.2015.174How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Optimality Theory (OT); syntax; negative operator; inversion; hierarchical constraints

Abstract

The article analyzes the negative operator-caused syntactic inversion by Optimality Theory on the basis of Yu’s research and Kager’s research in order to further them. When the moved negative operator causes subject-auxiliary inversion and do-support, the movement of the auxiliary verb is the only optimal choice. The inversion with negative operator movement is a little bit different from the wh-operator inversion. Yu’s research has been compared with Kager’s. Yu’s result has been improved and Kager’s research complemented. Kager’s hierarchical constraints are followed.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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