摘　　要： 

　　自朱德熙先生提出“的”字的经典分析以来，学界已尝试从各种不同的角度来延伸、演绎其洞见。本文承继朱先生这种快刀斩乱麻的科学精神，提议以各类句法测试来分割出两类截然不同的“的”字：一为引介定语的功能词，另一则为附着于数量词组上的小词；并尝试将其间差异化约为形式认可能力的有无。像这样单向切入自然会有许多盲点，然则本文意旨并非要解决所有相关议题，而是希望将句法分析推到极致，以厘清形式与功能之间错综复杂的关系，增进对汉语名词组构成原则及运作机制的理解。

　　关 键 词： 

　　形式认可 量词结构 修饰结构 汉语句法 生成语法

　　作者简介： 

　　蔡维天  台湾清华大学语言学研究所 wttsai@mx.nthu.edu.tw 

　　（本文刊于《中国语文》2015年第4期（总第367期）P.315-328） 

　　Canonical de（的） vs. non-canonical de: On relationship between functional categories and locality conditions within Chinese NPs 

　　Wei-Tien Dylan TSAI 

　　Abstract： 

　　Since Zhu Dexi’s seminal works on de(的) in Mandarin, there have been a number of attempts in the field to apply and extend his insights from different angles. This paper proposes to tackle the issue in the spirit of Zhu’s original methodology, distinguishing two types of de with objective tests, namely, a functional head of a modifier projection vs. a particle attached to a quantity-denoting adjunct. The distinction then provides an explicit account of the (in)ability of de to formally license an empty category in its complement position. The paper does not intend solve all the problems in one sweep. Rather, it is pushing the methodology to its limit, and only then can people be able to see the pros and cons of the pure syntactic approach. This move in turn helps reveal the complicated relationship between the structural and functional aspects of grammar, and thereby deepens the understanding of the inner workings of nominal phrase formation. 

　　Keywords: 

　　Formal licensing, classifier construction, modifier construction, Chinese syntax, generative grammar