de Roo E
Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Brain Lang. 2001 Jun;77(3):398-406. doi: 10.1006/brln.2000.2410.
Root nonfinite structures are frequent in both child language and agrammatic speech. Moreover, root nonfinites seem to have quite similar properties in both types of speech. Although many accounts are available for child language this is not the case for agrammatic speech. I present data of a Dutch agrammatic patient in this paper. The properties of her root nonfinites are best accounted for by the assumption of an underspecified Tense Phrase licensed by an empty element. In her finite sentences a dummy Tense element shows up. The use of either an empty or a dummy Tense element is a way of reducing the processing load of the utterance. The speech of this patient shows a dissociation between the verbal and the nominal domain.
根非限定结构在儿童语言和语法缺失性言语中都很常见。此外，根非限定结构在这两种言语类型中似乎具有相当相似的属性。虽然有许多关于儿童语言的解释，但语法缺失性言语并非如此。我在本文中展示了一位荷兰语法缺失患者的数据。她的根非限定结构的属性最好通过由一个空元素许可的未充分指定的时态短语的假设来解释。在她的限定句中，一个虚拟时态元素会出现。使用空的或虚拟的时态元素是减轻话语处理负担的一种方式。这位患者的言语在动词领域和名词领域之间表现出分离。
