On Jim Huang's Idea of Macro-Parameters

論黃正德的宏觀參數理論

黃正德所提出的宏觀參數觀念可以用來幫助生成語法理論適應全球化的考驗。本文深入探討了四對宏觀參數：(i)綜合與分析, (ii)時間詞序與有定動詞階層, (iii)非作格與非賓格，(iv) 衛星架構與動詞架構。結論是黃正德的途徑確實具有強烈的適應功效。

Intellectually, no less than economically, politically, and socially, globalization challenges an operational system or organized group with two key testing demands. One is the swift enlargement of production scale, such as by means of robotic production of cars, and the other is the speedy expansion of marketing scope, such as through multi-national marketing for the manufactured cars. Jim Huang’s recent work on ‘macro-parameters’ promises to overcome these two challenges to the Generative Grammar. To assess Huang’s program, four pairs of macro-parameters were examined: (i) synthesis and analysis, (ii) temporal sequencing and finite-verb hierarchy, (iii) the unergative and the unaccusative structures, and (iv) satellite-framing and verb-framing. Together they seem to provide a strong support for the viability and utility of Huang’s innovation as one potential avenue leading to a fruitful adaptation of the Generative Grammar to globalization.