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标题：Asymmetry and the Language Faculty
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作者：Anna Maria Di Sciullo
期刊名称：Revista Linguística
印刷版ISSN：1808-835X
电子版ISSN：2238-975X
出版年度：2017
卷号：13
期号：2
页码：88-107
DOI：10.31513/linguistica.2017.v13n2a14030
出版社：Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
摘要：In Syntactic Structures, Chomsky argues for the autonomy of syntax with respect to semantics on the one hand, and phonology on the other. In this paper, we argue that the autonomy of syntax is further supported by the derivation of sometime unpronounced functional categories. We propose an analysis of the pronunciation/silence of coordinate conjunction and prepositions in additive cardinal numerals and time counting expressions. We provide independent justifications for our analysis as well as we identify extensions to recursive DP coordination and co-compounds. The analysis relies on structural asymmetries derived by the computational procedure of the Language Faculty and is enforced by principles of efficient computation.
关键词：language faculty; autonomy of syntax; merge; externalization; unpronounced elements; cardinal numerals; time-counting expressions