@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00027896, author = {大門, 正幸 and OHKADO, Masayuki}, journal = {IVY}, month = {Oct}, note = {In the standard analysis of West Germanic SOV languages such as Dutch, German (dialect), and West Flemish within the framework of generative grammar it is assumed that these languages involve an operation called Verb (Projection) Raising, by which a series of verbal elements are rearranged so that the surface head-first order is created from the underlying head-last order (cf. Evers (1975), Haegeman (1992), Haegeman & Riemsdijk (1986), and Rutten (1991)). This paper aims at demonstrating that the process of Verb (Projection) Raising existed in Old English as well, which is an instance of West Germanic language with the SOV underlying structure (cf. Allen (1975), van Kemenade (1987), Koopman (1990), and Lightfoot (1979, 1991)). Two constructions called the AP construction and the MAP construction are analyzed. The former involves a combination of auxiliary and predicate and consists of two subpatterns depending on the category of the predicate : the AV construction, where the predicate is a verbal element (past participle), and the AA construction, where the predicate is an adjective. Likewise, the MAP construction, which involves a modal, an auxiliary, and a predicate, consists of two subpatterns : the MAV construction, where the predicate is of a verbal category (past participle), and the MAA construction, which involves an adjective as a predicate. In both constructions the head-last order ('P-A,' and 'P-A-M'), which reflects the underlying structure, as well as the head-first order ('A-P,' and 'M-A-P'), which must be derived via movement, is observable. Within the framework where Verb (Projection) Raising is not available, it is expected that the frequency of the head-first A-V construction is more or less the same as that of the head-first A-A construction since they are derived by the same process. Likewise, in the framework the frequency of the head-first MAV construction and that of the head-first MAA construction are expected to be more or less the same. The investigation conducted in the present study reveals that, contrary to the expectation, in both cases the frequency of the construction with a verbal category as a predicate is higher than that of the construction with an adjective as a predicate. This discrepancy indicates that an additional operation is available for the AV and the MAV constructions and it is identified with Verb (Projection) Raising.}, pages = {69--89}, title = {「助動詞-述語」結合と動詞(句)上昇}, volume = {28}, year = {1995} }