The antecedent of Ziji
"自己" 的先行语
Liejiong Xu 徐烈炯

Abstract 摘要
This article is a sequel to "The Long-Distance Binding of Ziji", published in Journal of Chinese Linguistics, vol 21 pp 123-141. It argues that semantic and discourse factors as well as syntactic factors are involved in the choice of an antecedent for ziji. It provides a wide range of data to show that the syntactic requirement of being the antecedent can be reduced to the minimum. Contrary to the claim made by some grammarians, it need not be a grammatical subject. It need not c-command the reflective and, therefore, need not bind it in the technical sense of Government-Binding Theory. It even need not have a syntactic position in the sentence in which the reflexive appears. Any noun phrase, overt, covert, or implicit, is qualified as a candidate if it is an argument standing high in the thematic hierarchy, e.g., Agent, Experiencer, etc.

本文是《中国语言学报》第 21 卷 123-141 页刊出的 “ ‘自己’的长距离约束”一文的延续。文章指出在选择“自己”的先行语时，不仅句法因素起作用，语义因素和话语因素也起作用。文章提供大量材料表明先行语在句法方面的要求微乎其微。有些语法学家认为先行语必须是语法上的主语，其实不然。先行语不一定要统制反身代词，所以也不必像管辖与约束理论所要求的那样约束反身代词。先行语甚至不必在反身代词所处的句子中占据一个句法位置。任何一个名词词组，不论是有形的，无形的，或是蕴涵的，只要在题元等级中级别比较高，例如是施事，经事等，均有资格充当先行语。

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