Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 0rientation 1.2 Purpose of the study 1.3 An overview Chapter 2 Phenomenon and Approaches 2.1 Historical background—along the syntactic road 2.1.1 There is a puzzle 2.1.2 Formulation of the EPP 2.1.3 EPP—studies under the GB model 2.1.4 The checking theory 2.1.5 The filled-specifiertheory 2.1.6 Summary 2.2 Major approaches to EPP—studies 2.2.1 The syntactic approach 2.2.2 The phonological approach 2.2.3 The morphological approach 2.2.4 The semantic approach 2.2.5 The eliminative approach 2.2.6 Summary 2.3 Null hypothesis testing 2.3.1 Anull hypothesis 2.3.2 Studies ofspecific languages 2.4 Concluding remarks Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework and the Proposal 3.1 The Minimalist framework 3.1.1 Two kinds ofconditions on grammar 3.1.2 Working definitions 3.1.3 Syntactic operations 3.1.4 Clausal architecture 3.2 The proposal and its predictions 3.2.1 The[Fun]一Hypothesis 3.2.2 The EPP on Lv—level 3.2.3 The EPP on T-level 3.2.4 The EPP on C—level 3.2.5 Concluding remarks 3.3 Some consequences of the Fun-Hypothesis 3.3.1 Are—analysis ofthe there-puzzle 3.3.2 ECM constructions 3.3.3 Control infmitivals and PRO 3.3.4 Raising structures 3.3.5 Concluding remarks Chapter4 EPPEffectsin Chinese 4.1 Introduction 4.1.1 Some theoretical considerations 4.1.2 Is Chinese an EPP—language 4.2 EPP effects within L滬.domains 4.2.1 Light verb syntax in SC 4.2.2 Unaccusative verbs 4.2.3 The post-ha NP 4.2.4 Concluding remarks
4.3 EPP effocts within TP-domain 4.3.1 Ageneral background of TP in SC 4.3.2 Upward movement to (Spec，AspP) 4.3.3 Auxiliary projections as a layer of TP and its EPP effects 4.3.4 Further evidences 4.3.5 Concluding remarks 4.4 EPP effects within CP—domain 4.4.1 Remarks onA—not—Aquestions 4.4.2 「de」as a complementiser and its EPP effects 4.4.3 Aperspective from the Fun—Hypothesis 4.4.4 Concluding remarks 4.5 Concluding remarks Chapter 5 Conclusion 5.1 Central issues relating to EPP-studies 5.2 Major findings 5.3 TheoreticaI contributions 5.4 Concluding remarks References Index
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