Foster-Cohen S H
Department of English, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff 86011.
J Child Lang. 1994 Feb;21(1):237-55. doi: 10.1017/s0305000900008734.
This paper explores the interface between syntax and pragmatics, focusing on the binding of pronouns and the pragmatics of the paradigms used to test this aspect of syntactic knowledge. Reinhart's (1986) version of Binding Theory (which accords a specific role to pragmatics in processes of pronoun resolution) and Sperber & Wilson's (1986) Theory of Relevance are used to examine the syntax and pragmatics of pronoun interpretation. A set of predictions based on Relevance Theory are evaluated against published results of tests of Binding Theory. The paper concludes that Relevance Theory provides a means of understanding constraints on testing syntactic knowledge and argues that pragmatic factors must be systematically controlled in any evaluation of syntactic knowledge.
本文探讨句法与语用学之间的接口，重点关注代词的约束以及用于测试句法知识这一方面的范式的语用学。采用莱因哈特（1986）的约束理论版本（该理论在代词消解过程中赋予语用学特定角色）和斯珀伯与威尔逊（1986）的关联理论来研究代词解释的句法和语用学。基于关联理论的一组预测对照约束理论测试的已发表结果进行评估。本文得出结论，关联理论提供了一种理解测试句法知识的限制的方法，并认为在句法知识的任何评估中都必须系统地控制语用因素。
