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- Title
Preposed NPs in Seediq.
- Authors
Naomi Tsukida
- Abstract
Seediq is an Austronesian language spoken in northeastern Taiwan. Its word order is VXS in general (where X stands for adjuncts or arguments other than the subject), but an NP that has some semantic relation to the matrix clause can precede the matrix clause. This NP is followed by the particle 'u and a non-final pause. I will call such NPs preposed NPs. This paper will investigate the nature of these preposed NPs. What is their semantics and function? What type of NPs can be preposed? What are their anaphoricity and topic-persistence properties? Preposed NPs are often coreferential with the matrix subject, which may or may not be overt. When a preposed NP is coreferential with the main clause subject, and the matrix subject is not overt, then the seeming word order is SVX. When the preposed NP is coreferential with the matrix subject, and that subject is overt, then the seeming word order is SVXS. How do SVX and SVXS differ? What is the function of this double reference in SVXS? In addition, how do these word orders differ from simple VXS order?
- Subjects
SEDIK language; WORD order (Grammar); NOUN phrases (Grammar); SEMANTICS; CLAUSES (Grammar); FUNCTIONAL discourse grammar
- Publication
Studies in Diversity Linguistics, 2018, Issue 21, p313
- ISSN
2363-5568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5281/zenodo.1402553