Existential, Possessive and Locative Constructions in Yami Language: A comparative study to Formosan languages

Macrolinguistics Pub Date : 2020-06-30 DOI:10.26478/ja2020.8.12.4

Cheng Chihjen

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Abstract

： This study reports on Yami existential, possessive and locative constructions, regarding the issues on (i) two ‘HAVE’ structures, (ii) Definiteness Effect (DE) and (iii) an analysis of small clause, in terms of a formal syntactic approach. Compared with Formosan languages, Yami syntactically shows the differences based on two ‘HAVE’ structures. Besides, it is also proved that Definiteness Effect in Yami differs from that in other Formosan languages, such as Bunun language. Finally, this study also argues that the existential verb amian/abo ‘exist/not exist’ in Yami selects a small clause as its complement, representing a relative clause.

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雅弥语的存在、所有格及位置结构:与台湾语之比较研究

：本研究报告了雅米存在、所有格和处所格结构，涉及（i）两个“HAVE”结构，（ii）确定性效应（DE）和（iii）小从句的形式句法分析问题。与台湾语言相比，雅米语在句法上表现出基于两种“HAVE”结构的差异。此外，还证明了雅米语的确定效应不同于布农语等其他台语。最后，本研究还认为，亚米语中的存在动词amian/abo“存在/不存在”选择了一个小从句作为补语，代表了一个关系从句。

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Macrolinguistics

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期刊介绍： Macrolinguistics (ISSN 1934-5755, e-ISSN 2473-6376) is an international academic journal which is specialized in research papers of non-Indo-European linguistics. It is published biannually by The Learned Press and funded by the Double First-Class Initiative of Nanjing University. It aims at contributing to the complementarity and interaction of linguistic research worldwide.