隨著科技的進展，產生了許多新興的創作媒介與方式，使得終端的網路使用者不再甘於僅做為主流媒體所提供內容之接收者，也想進一步地成為內容的提供者，網路上混搭創作的興盛正是在此種潮流趨勢下的一種社會文化現象。網路混搭創作可依其創作內容之不同而區分為三種：網路混搭、影片混搭與音樂混搭；但其創作之方式都有一個共同的特徵：將不同來源之資訊、素材，經由混搭創作者發揮創意後，以嶄新面貌而呈現之作品。著作權制度之目的乃在促進人類智識文化之進展與累積，因此對於新興之網路創作也應賦予一定之保護，才能真正發揮著作權制度之功能。然而，現行著作權制度制定時並未充分考量到數位時代下各種創作方式與媒介之特性，所以並無法提供此類創作適當之保護。為了社會文化之發展，現行的著作權制度有其修正之必要，讓負責平衡公私益之合理使用原則能夠發揮其功能，而不再僅具有象徵性之意義，而是能更實際地落實保護之功能。此外，在現行著作權制度尚未修正前，本文也嘗試提出兩個體制內解決之方法：創作共用以及創新之商業模式。透過創作共用可以讓目前的著作權制度更有彈性；創新的商業模式則能讓所有著作權關係人能夠互利共生，更有助於問題之實際解決。 / This thesis aims to study on copyrights concerning the mashups on blogs. The technology evolution brings about new media and new mode for creation and the end-users can both be the information recipients and providers. Mashups become one of the frequently adopted modes among the internet creation and the copyright of mashups call for a closer study. The main idea of mashups is to mash and recombine materials taken from different sources with the creator’s own creativity. Mashups are regarded as a creation, which requires legal protection. However, the protections for mashups and their creators in current laws are still incomplete and needed to be amended for a better environment for creators. Beside the amendment of copyright laws, other solutions are as well available, such as Creative Commons and new business models. Creative Commons provides authors with some licensing clauses, which helps to create a more flexible creative environment. On the other hand, a good business model could transform legal issues into a commercial opportunity and provide the best solution for all parties related. The first chapter of this thesis will outline the main purpose and possible contribution of this thesis. The second chapter will introduce the blogs. The introduction will begin with the streaming technology and concerning legal issues. Streaming technology is a crucial factor in the developments and the functions of blogs. Further on, the thesis will elaborates the history and future trend of blogs. In the third section of the chapter, some main copyright issues of blogs will be brought into discussion. The third chapter is the introduction of audio-visual mashups on blogs. The discussion begins with website mashup technology and the types of mashups. Remix Culture plays an important role in the development of mashups and its connection between audio-visual mashups on blogs will be elaborated. The chapter will also include some copyright issues of audio-visual mashups on blogs and a detailed discussion on the fair use doctrine of the current copyright law. The fourth chapter will focus on the Creative Commons and new business models, which should be an alternative solution beside the law amendments. The discussion will involve with an introduction about Creative Commons. The ccMixter and Jamendo can be taken as two examples of combination of Creative Commons and audio-visual mashups. The chapter will as well include some latest digital music business models and suggestions for future mashup business models. This thesis indicates the deficiency of current copyright laws concerning the protection of mashups and calls for attentions to the necessity of law amendments. In addition, the thesis propose two alternative solutions for the copyright dilemma: the Creative Commons and new business models, through which the mashups problems can hopefully dealt with in a more practical way.

本研究旨在從著作權法探討國外大學圖書館參與GBS計畫之動機、內涵與著作權法問題，藉以瞭解數位圖書館相關的數位著作權法；並以深度訪談方式探究我國學術圖書館對GBS計畫之意義與價值，以及合理性與問題。本研究以文獻分析瞭解相關數位著作權議題，從個案研究中瞭解國外大學圖書館的觀點與做法，最後以深度訪談瞭解我國學術圖書館對其看法與意願。 本研究結論可歸納以下：(1)數位圖書館計畫相關之著作權主要在於有無授權、重製、公開傳輸與合理使用的議題上；(2)英美圖書館參與GBS計畫具有相當理由與動機；(3)英美圖書館參與GBS計畫採取全部、部分混合與無著作權模式；(4)英美圖書館考量著作權，而採取合理使用限制措施；(5)英美圖書館參與GBS計畫有制定其數位化程序與責任；(6)國外作者與出版社對於GBS計畫所侵犯的權利為重製、散布與展示；(7)我國學術圖書館對於參與GBS計畫看法兩極；(8)我國學術圖書館參與GBS計畫擔憂涉及著作權問題；(9)我國圖書館認為參與GBS計畫部分合法性不足；(10)我國學術圖書館對參與GBS計畫傾向採取無著作權保護之著作模式。 最後建議為：(1)政府宜制訂法定數位送存制度；(2)大學或圖書館應設置有關著作權管理權責中心以利處理智慧財產權問題；(3)Google應強化安全保護措施機制與保證，以維護其形象；(4)Google應積極與作家與出版社協商對談以及取得授權來降低爭議；(5)對著作權權利人之建議應勇於嘗試新的商業模式。 / The purpose of this study is to analyze the reasons that why foreign university libraries join the Google Book Search Library Project and copyright issues, so that conclude the issues related digital copyright law in digital library. Furthermore, the study used interviews for investigating the meaning, value, and legitimate issues of GBS Library Project from the viewpoint of academic libraries in Taiwan. According to the literature review, the study clarified digital copyright issues. In addition, the study obtained the views of foreign university libraries toward GBS Library Project by case studies. Finally, the study used interviews to understand the opinions of GBS Library Project from academic libraries in Taiwan. The results of the study are summarized below: (1)The key copyright issues that related to related to Digital Library Project are copyright authorization, reproduction, the fair use, and the right to public transmission. (2)There are legitimacies and motivations for UK and USA libraries participate in GBS Library Project. (3)There are three models that adopted by UK and USA libraries for participating in GBS: all collection or part of collection and no copyright works to scan. (4)Considering copyright issues, UK and USA libraries take reasonable measures to restrict the use of digital copies. (5)UK and USA libraries contract with Google for its procedures and responsibility. (6)Foreign authors and publishers consider that GBS is accused of violating for their rights of the reproduce, distribute and display. (7)The academic libraries in Taiwan have bipolar view for joining GBS. (8)The academic libraries in Taiwan worry about copyright issues for joining GBS. (9)The academic libraries in Taiwan consider that the GBS project is lack of legitimacy to join it. (10)If the academic libraries in Taiwan join the GBS project, they would be inclined to put in out-of-copyright works. Based on the final results of this study, several suggestions are as follow：(1)Government should establish a legal policy of digital deposit, (2)University or library should set up a copyright management center which has right and responsibility to deal with intellectual property rights issues; (3)Google should strengthen safety measures and guarantee mechanisms to protect it’s image. (4)In order to reduce the controversy, Google should consult with the authors and publishers actively to obtain authorization (5)The copyright owners should be willing to try a new business model.

自古以來，人們就有使用標記的習慣，而對於標記使用的開端，已難以考證，此外，使用商標的行為對於現代社會具有重要的意義，欠缺商標的經濟市場難以運行，消費者無從區別、選購商品，生產者則欠缺提升產品品質的動力，不僅經濟市場機制無法運行，更可能導致經濟競爭機制的崩塌，有鑒於商標的重要性，各國相互簽訂國際條約，制定相關制度規範、保障商標，並對於仿冒商標的行為制訂民事和刑事責任。我國商標法對於仿冒商標的行為，原本只有民事侵權責任之規範，然而，因應當時代的國際情勢和國際條約之需求，我國商標法納入刑事規範處罰仿冒商標及販賣仿冒品的行為，在經過幾次修法後，現今我國商標刑罰的條文主要是以消費者的角度，判斷係爭行為是否成立商標罪責，亦即，藉由「混淆誤認之虞」作為商標刑責成立的門檻，除此之外，現行我國商標刑罰的條文尚包含商標使用行為的判斷及行為人主觀要件的具備。 然而，綜觀我國商標法刑事責任的條文，不僅條文內容多為不確定法律概念，與我國商標法民事侵權責任之條文內容幾近相同。民事責任和刑事責任於其本質上大有不同，基於刑罰手段的嚴厲性，對於人民權利的侵害程度非民事責任所能比擬，故有刑法最後手段性原則的出現，但是，我國現行商標法的民事侵權責任和刑罰規範內容幾近相同，則似有違刑法的謙抑性，因此，似有重新對我國現行商標刑罰條文重新檢視之必要，而探究刑法存在的目的，現行多數見解認為是刑法法益，故將探究商標法的保護法益為何，再從確立的法益重新解釋商標刑罰的條文，又商標法第95條為最典型和最原始的仿冒商標行為規範，因此，將專注於商標法第95條的檢討和反思。 / Since ancient times, people have had the habit of using marks, yet the beginning of the use of the mark has been hard to verify. In addition, the use of trademark has important meaning for the modern society. Without trademark, the economic market would be hard to operate. Consumers would not be able to distinguish one product from another, let alone buying the product. As for producers, they would lack the motivation to promote the quality of the product. It might not only stop the operation of the economic market, but also lead to the collapse of the economic competition mechanism. In light of the importance of the trademark, most of the countries signed international treaties, made relevant norms to protect trademarks and formulated civil and criminal liability for counterfeiting trademarks. Originally, there was only civil liability in our trademark law, however, due to the international situation of that time and the needs of the international treaties, our trademark law has brought in criminal punishment for counterfeiting trademarks and selling counterfeit goods. After several amendments to the trademark law, our trademark penalty is mainly based on the view of consumers to determine whether the conduct is found guilty, that is, by using the concept of " the likelihood of confusion" as the threshold of the establishment of the trademark criminal liability. Apart from that, our trademark penalties also require the use of trademark and the subjective elements. However, if we look through our trademark penalties, there are full of uncertain legal concepts, and the content of the provision is same as the trademark civil liability. But there is great difference between the nature of the civil liability and criminal liability, so it is necessary to review our trademark penalty again, and from the view of Rechtsgut. Therefore, after defining the Rechtsgut of our trademark penalty, I would reinterpret Article 95 of the trademark law from the point of view of Rechtsgut, as Article 95 is the typical and the original norms for the conduct of counterfeiting trademarks.

王覺一是清末末候一著教的創始者，也是近代一貫道的開山祖師，藉著對其著作<<理數合解>>的研究，可以對清代民間宗教的信仰核心與教義思想略做了解，本研究的撰述方向如下： 第一章緒論說明研究的動機、目的、方法及預期目標。 第二章，王覺一生平其及其教案析探。想要了解一個人的思想，必須先對此人的人生經歷做一番認識。因此本研究將王覺一的生平考述列為本論首章。這一章係借助故宮<<月摺檔>>的資料，對於其教派的成立與發展做合理的推測，以及他如何成為一方之領導者。並且對於光緒九年王氏領導的教派所發生的教案始末，作一較詳細的釐析，並由此一分析中重新檢視王覺一的角色定位。 第三章，王覺一對「理」觀念的承襲與轉化。本章乃追溯王氏思想的啟蒙根源，探討他對於「理」觀念的承襲，並且解析他對「理」的詮釋與所賦予的意義，為下一章的主題作引子。 第四章理天析探本章乃承上一章的敘述觀念，探討王氏理論的核心主旨，撰述理天在他思想體系中的重要性，以及他如何傳承理學思想，轉化思想家思考範疇中「理」的觀念，並且由此而開展的宇宙論與心性論。身為民間宗教的傳道者，如何來看待這些問題，如何由此問題觀攝宇宙的整體與主宰，本章擬由此探討王覺一的理天思維。 第五章，理天在宗教上的意義。如何呈現理天在修道上的意義，才是王覺一思想的關鍵所在。他如何在整體思想中展現人生的終極目的，強調宗教修煉的意義，亦即討論宗教人修道的最後目標與正鵠，尋探回歸人的根源處，本章擬就扣緊宗教意義以探討理天主體的核心。 第六章結論將本論文所作的研究結果，作一綜合性的討論，並敘述王覺一思想對一貫道教義的影響，以及以王覺一做為主題所開演的研究展望，總結王覺一在民間宗教史的價值與意義。

自世界上第一部成文著作權法—安妮法案 （The Statute of Anne）在1709年問世以來，著作權問題迄今仍一直是紛擾不休。著作權問題的發展一直以來跟科技的進步息息相關。而關於著作權存續期間的問題，一直是著作權領域中最富爭議性的問題之一，兩百年來，這個問題持續不斷的形成各個時代共通的難題，從不曾真正畫下句點。 德沃金是當代西方世界最富盛名的一位法哲學家之一，他提出以權利作為核心的裁判理論，試圖解決當法官在面臨沒有明確的法律條文或判例可資作為依循的困難案件時，應如何作出判決的問題。本文以美國聯邦最高法院於2003年所作成的Eldred v. Ashcroft案判決作為觀察的重點，在Eldred v. Ashcroft一案中，雙方當事人最大的爭議在於著作權存續期間的延長是否合憲？本文認為，關於著作權存續期間是否合憲的問題屬於著作權法上的困難案件。 因此，本文試圖透過德沃金所提出的裁判理論來觀察Eldred v. Ashcroft案中，美國各級法院裁判的理由構成是否建構在權利的基礎上。本文也希望從Eldred案著作權存續期間延長的爭議中，一審到三審雙方當事人與美國各級法院法官的裁判與主張，提供一個我國法院裁判時可以參考與依據的借鏡，透過外國法院與學說對於這個問題的處理，來幫助我國解決同樣的爭議，並逐步建構我國的裁判理論。

本論文旨在探討兩種主要的網路資料傳輸技術：主從式傳輸技術與點對點式交換技術對於音樂產業智慧財產權的影響。選定音樂產業作為研究對象，係因音樂產業自從mp3音樂壓縮格式風行以來，其高品質與高壓縮比例的特性，使音樂出版品不斷遭到非法重製，著作權人的權益也因此不斷遭到侵害。檢視此一事件的來龍去脈，並嘗試從中學習教訓，以求一可行的經營模式，是本論文要進一步探討的。 　　本研究主要研究問題如下： 　　一、美國法律增修條文、新增法案、與最新判例對於音樂出版產業智慧財產權的保護方向為何？ 　　二、依據網路傳輸技術與電腦軟體之特性，政府部門應如何對智慧財產權加以保護與管理，以鼓勵學術與藝術創新，並兼顧相關產業與技術發展？ 　　三、新創事業應如何規劃與執行其商業模式中的智慧財產權策略，以避免可能的訴訟風險？ 　　四、傳統音樂出版產業面臨新科技與新商業模式的挑戰，應如何達成互利雙贏的局面？ 　　本研究主要分析對象為美國與國內線上音樂服務廠商：MP3.com、Napster、飛行網、與ezPeer等四家公司，就其對於傳統音樂產業體系的衝擊與影響加以探討，並提出具體策略建議。選擇這些公司的主要原因有以下幾點： 　　一、營模式包含企業對個人(B to C)與個人對個人(C to C)兩種。 　　二、研究對象都是藉由應用網際網路之科技創新而興起。 　　三、音樂下載服務仰賴上游供應商程度極深。 　　四、音樂下載服務對供應商的經營管理造成重大影響。 　　五、研究對象均可能或已經面臨智慧財產侵權訴訟。 　　本研究之研究方法以文獻與個案分析為主。資料來源有三：第一為網站直接觀察，第二為電子郵件來往與直接訪談方式，第三則為次級資料蒐集。依研究過程與研究發現。本研究結論如下： 　　一、政府部門應加緊著作權法修正案立法腳步，以補足目前對輔助侵害與代理侵害規範不足之處。 　　二、智慧財產權法律知識與法律行動準備方面，國外個案公司較國內個案公司相對充分。 　　三、音樂產業可行的經營模式之一，是整合豐富內容、互動交流、與加值服務的數位音樂平台，而最有能力整合的，是既有資源豐富的傳統音樂出版（唱片）業者。 　　本研究以個案探討方式進行，研究方法屬於內容分析。但因為議題新穎、科技演變迅速，探討身賭與廣度難免有所偏頗或不足之處。展望未來，數位內容產業（按經濟部的定義，數位內容產業包含軟體、電子遊戲、媒體、出版、音樂、動畫、網路服務等領域）已成為政府「兩兆雙星」重點發展產業之一，後續研究可廣泛地就數位內容產業智慧財產權保護與管理進一步研究。 / This research is to discover the impacts of the two major internet data communication protocols, which are client-server and peer-to peer technology, on the intellectual property rights (IPR) of the music publication (recording) industry. The purpose of choosing this theme was that the popular audio file compressing technology, ISO-MPEG audio layer-3, mp3, has changed our daily life dramatically. The features of high audio quality and high compressing capability, accompanying with client-server and peer-to-peer technology, are accelerating illegally duplicating of those songs and all the other audio publications, and such abusing of technology has been infringe on copyrighters’ privilege since the debut day of the technology. To review all the related events, to attempt to gather some lessons learned, and to develop a possible business model, are the efforts to which we want to contribute. 　　There are four major issues of this thesis: 　　1.What has been exposed beyond the latest related IPR laws, acts, and cases in the States about the protection on copyrights of the music publication industry? 　　2.Regarding to the characters of internet and information technology, how congress, government, court, and law enforcement agency could do to encourage innovations of technology, industry and economy growth, and protect IPR? 　　3.How should start-ups plan and execute their business model and IPR associated strategy to avoid the risk of possible IPR related lawsuit? 　　4.Facing the challenge of new technology and business model, what can recording industry do to construct a win-win situation? 　　Four online music service providers in the U.S. and Taiwan have been chosen, which are MP3.com, Napster, Fashionow, and ezPeer. We seek to depict the impacts on current recording industry, and attempts to develop a solid strategy. The reasons of choosing these companies are: 　　1.Their business models consist of two typical categories, which are Business to Customer and Customer to Customer, 　　2.All these start-ups applied internet and information technology, and 　　3.They are no doubt a threat to recording and are or are facing going to face IPR lawsuits 　　The methodology of this research is content analysis, and the materials were gathered form: website evaluating, interview with the users, and secondary data collecting. The conclusions are: 　　1.(Taiwanese) Government should accelerate the progress of modifying copyright law to regulate contributory and vicarious infringement. 　　2.The U.S. subjects are better prepared for IPR laws and affairs than Taiwanese ones. 　　One feasible business model for recording industry is a “Digital Music Platform,” combining with a variety of content, interactive communication, and value-added services. Companies in current recording industry, with profuse resources, are certainly the best candidates.

在網路的世界裡，搜尋引擎對網路使用者的重要性逐漸升高，而藉由搜尋引擎之幫助，使用者可以在數位資訊爆炸的網路世界中，尋找到所需的資訊。惟此種便利之用途，亦造成著作權人之權利遭受侵權之疑慮，如搜尋引擎協助使用者找到未經合法授權之檔案而下載之；亦或搜尋引擎本身即複製該未經合法授權之內容而散布之等情形。各國對於搜尋引擎業者之侵權責任有相似規定，在如何之情況下搜尋引擎必須負擔侵權行為責任，而在何種情形下搜尋引擎業者可能可以免責，又在何種情形下搜尋引擎業者可能引用合理使用原則，本文亦嘗試提出各國之規定以供國內參考。 國內尚未有搜尋引擎業者之相關案例，故本文嘗試透過不同的國家中不同的搜尋引擎態樣進行案例分析，提出不同的搜尋引擎在不同之情狀之下，可能會造成的著作權爭議。如在圖像搜尋方面即提出美國的Perfect 10 v. Google案中縮小圖示之合理使用爭議，並同時提出多年前的Kelly v. Arriba案做為對照；中國大陸的七大唱片公司訴百度案在音樂搜尋當中是相當具有爭議的問題，本文亦提出其他相關的大陸案例做為對照；瑞典海盜灣的案件是P2P軟體變型後所產生之搜尋引擎，亦可以看出未來會有更多不同態樣的搜尋引擎出現；而新聞搜尋之問題，牽涉到重製權，近期Google與美聯社達成和解，本文亦為新聞搜尋此特殊的態樣為探討；而圖書搜尋方面則是以Google的圖書館計畫為基礎，並進一步探討合理使用的可能性。 本論文試圖提出美國、歐盟以及中國大陸的法規以及諸多案例，並探討在世界各地的搜尋引擎面對的著作權爭議問題，而這樣的問題會隨著科技的進步與發展有更多不同態樣的變化。我國目前尚未有相關的案例，故本文嘗試提出案例語法規的論述與探討，以期能予我國參考之。 / In the internet world, search engines become much more important to the users. By using the search engines, users can easily gather the useful data online. Although search engines bring so much convenience, but the copyright holders accuse the search engines of coypright infringement. For instance, the search engines sometimes help their users to download the copyrighted materials or themselves reproduce the copyrighted materials. The actions might bring them law suits.There are similar regulations of search engines in different countries. In some situation, search engines might defense themselves by claiming safe harbor regulation, and in others, they could claim the fair use doctrine. In the thesis, it states many cases from different countries to discuss the regulations. Due to the different functions of search engines, there are various cases. Kelly v. Arriba case and Perfect 10 v. Google case are about thumbnails search in the United States. Baidu v. EMI record case in China is about mp3 files search. Despite the traditional search engines, there are some relatively new and specific search engines, such as Private Bay. Private Bay is a search engine which focuses on searching bittorrent files for P2P downloading. In the future, there will be much more search engines with different functions. In the thesis, it also states the disputes of news search and book search.Google Book Project rised discussion worldwide. The thesis states the opinions of the ones who agree to apply the fair use doctrine on the project and the one who disagree to. In Taiwan, there have not been any copyright cases of search engines so far.The thesis states the copyright regulations in U.S., Europe and China, such as safe harbor, contributory infringement and fair use doctrine. By presenting the cases and regulations in other countries, the thesis also provide some inspirational ideas about the copyright disputes of search engine.

在現今生物醫學領域中，一重要課題為透過基因實驗所獲得的量化資料，來研究與分析基因與外顯表型變數(phenotype)的相關性。已知多數已發展的方法皆屬於單基因分析法，無法適當的考慮基因之間的相關性。本研究主要針對基因組分析(gene set analysis)問題，提出統計檢定方法來驗證特定基因組的顯著性。為了能盡其所能的捕捉整體基因組與外顯表型變數的關係，我們結合了傳統的檢定方法與分類方法，提出以隨機森林分類方法(Random Forests)的測試組分類誤差值(test error)作為檢定統計量(test statistic)，並以其排列顯著值(permutation-based p-value)來獲得統計結論。我們透過模擬研究將本研究方法和其他七種基因組分析方法做比較，可發現本方法在型一誤差率(type I error rate)和檢定力(power)上皆有優異表現。最後，我們運用本方法在數個實際基因資料組的分析上，並深入探討所獲得結果。 / Nowadays microarray data analysis has become an important issue in biomedical research. One major goal is to explore the relationship between gene expressions and some specific phenotypes. So far in literatures many developed methods are single gene-based methods, which use solely the information of individual genes and cannot appropriately take into account the relationship among genes. This research focuses on the gene set analysis, which carries out the statistical test for the significance of a set of genes to a phenotype. In order to capture the relationship between a gene set and the phenotype, we propose the use of performance of a complex classifier in the statistical test: The test error rate of a Random Forests classification is adopted as the test statistic, and the statistical conclusion is drawn according to its permutation-based p-value. We compare our test with other seven existing gene set analyses through simulation studies. It’s found that our method has leading performance in terms of having a controlled type I error rate and a high power. Finally, this method is applied in several real examples and brief discussions on the results are provided.

本論文以優選理論探討上海話之入聲變調，試圖將文獻中所認為表現不規律之入聲變調納入與舒聲變調相容之分析中。本研究認為入聲變調與舒聲變調皆受制於ANCHOR-L(tσ1, Hd)，因此其首音節之基底聲調在輸出值中皆出現於重讀音節。以此觀之，則入聲變調與舒聲變調的差異主要在於節律重音的位置：在舒聲變調中首音節重讀；在入聲變調中重音則後移──在陰入變調中係移至第二音節，在陽入變調中則移至末音節。 本論文提出兩點假設：上海話中舒聲音節為重量音節，入聲音節為輕量音節；節律結構基本上為一位於左端之雙音節音步。據此，本研究提出COINCIDE (LightHd, FT-final)，認為陰入變調中重音所以後移至第二音節是因為重讀之輕量音節傾向於由音步末音節核可(licensing)。另一方面，由於陽入的單字調為曲拱調，與陰入的水平調有別，是以本研究另外提出COINCIDE(Contour, PrWd-final)，此制約顯示陽入變調中重音的遠距移位是為了遵行「曲拱調須由末音節核可」之普遍現象。 綜述之，本論文提供了一個重量音節、節律重音、曲拱調以及邊際位置等韻律顯著位置間彼此對映的實例。此外，本研究亦顯示上海話的連讀變調涉及聲調與重音的互動，是以所提出之分析或許對相關類型之研究亦有所貢獻。 / This thesis offers an Optimality-theory approach to the tone sandhi of checked tones (TSC) in Shanghai, in an attempt to regulate its surface patterns which have long been considered anomaly as opposed to the tone sandhi of smooth tones (TSS). With a reanalysis in the present study, TSC and TSS arguably have in common that their process of tone mapping is both subject to ANCHOR-L(tσ1, Hd), by which the un- derlying tone of the initial syllable ends up at the stressed syllable in the output. It follows that TSC is different from TSS in the way that metrical head is assigned: all domains undergoing TSS are stressed on their initial syllable; only in domains of TSC does the stress move rightwards, either to the second place in the tone sandhi of Yinru (TSYI), or to the final syllable in the tone sandhi of Yangru (TSYA). Given the assumption that checked syllables and smooth syllables in Shanghai are light and heavy, respectively, in terms of moraicity, and that foot-parsing is binary and left-aligned in general, the one-syllable shift of stress in TSYI can be accounted for by positing COINCIDE(LightHd, FT-final), which sets up the preference for light stress- bearing syllables to be licensed foot-finally. On the other hand, given that Yangru in the citation forms represents a rising contour, different from the level tone of Yinru, a licensing constraint, namely COINCIDE(Contour, PrWd-final), is further posited so that the long-distance movement of metrical head observed in TSYA emerges to satisfy the requirement for the retained rising contour to be licensed word-finally. Taken together, this thesis instantiates a remarkable case of the mapping among multiple prominent positions, including heavy syllables, metrical head, contour tones, and edge positions. Also, the present analysis demonstrates that Shanghai tone sandhi involves an interaction between tone and stress, thus a contribution to the general OT tone-prominence typology literature (cf. Zhang 2001, Barnes 2002, De Lacy 2002).

University of Macau / Faculty of Law