派生埃维语（通古贝语）nyá-结构

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Linguistic Variation Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI:10.1075/lv.23061.got

Selikem Gotah

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埃维语（Kwa，尼日尔-刚果语）有一种在文献中被称为nyá-结构的构式（Ameka 1991, 2005a；Collins 1993；Duthie 1996；Adjei 2014）。该结构的逻辑内部论点出现在主语位置，逻辑外部论点要么在表面上不存在，要么在该结构中表现为for-PP。在本文中，我探讨了埃维语 nyá 结构的句法，并从 Tongugbe 方言中获得了一些数据。我的研究表明，nyá-结构与英语中层结构具有相同的属性。我证明，nyá-结构中可能出现的PP的代理者或体验者是其外部论据，投射在Spec vP中。此外，我还认为，即使 for-PP 没有公开实现，它在句法上也是投射在 Spec vP 中的，这与 Bruening 2013 等理论相反。我提出的分析为 Theta 标准提供了支持，该标准强制所有论据都是句法投射的。

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Deriving Ewe (Tongugbe) nyá-constructions

Ewe (Kwa, Niger-Congo) has a construction known in the literature as the nyá-construction (Ameka 1991, 2005a; Collins 1993; Duthie 1996; Adjei 2014). The logical internal argument of the construction occurs in subject position and the logical external argument is either absent on the surface or represented in the construction as a for-PP. In this paper, I consider the syntax of the Ewe nyá-construction, exploring data from the Tongugbe dialect. I show that the nyá-construction shares properties with English middles. I demonstrate that the agent or experiencer for-PP that may occur in the nyá -construction is its external argument, projected in Spec vP. Further, I argue that even if the for-PP is not overtly realized, it is syntactically projected in Spec vP, contrary to theories like Bruening 2013. The analysis I put forward provides support for the Theta-Criterion, which forces all arguments to be syntactically projected.

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Linguistic Variation LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： Linguistic Variation is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the study of linguistic variation. It seeks to investigate to what extent the study of linguistic variation can shed light on the broader issue of language-particular versus language-universal properties, on the interaction between what is fixed and necessary on the one hand and what is variable and contingent on the other. This enterprise involves properly defining and delineating the notion of linguistic variation by identifying loci of variation. What are the variable properties of natural language and what is its invariant core?