Differential subject marking without ergativity: The case of colloquial Burmese
Differential subject marking without ergativity: The case of colloquial Burmese
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无作格的差异主语标记：以缅甸口语为例
DOI：
10.1075/sl.37.4.01jen
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
0.5
通讯作者：
S. Tun
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作者：
M. Jenny;S. Tun
虽然差异宾语标记似乎很普遍，并且在语言文献中得到了很好的表现，但差异主语标记似乎不太常见。缅语就是这种语言的一个例子，它标志着一些科目，但不是所有科目，这取决于许多语用因素。这种现象在藏缅语中很普遍，但缅语与藏缅语的明显不同之处在于没有潜在的作格对齐或主语标记的施事来源，这表明除了文献中确定的来源外，还有其他来源的DSM。本研究考察了缅语口语中带主语的标记ka的功能，并讨论了其出现的有利因素和可能的发展路径。
While differential object marking seems to be widespread and is well represented in the linguistic literature, differential subject marking appears to be much less common. Burmese is one example of a language that marks some, but not all subjects, depending on a number of pragmatic factors. This phenomenon is widespread in Tibeto-Burman languages, but Burmese apparently differs from these in not having an underlying ergative alignment or an agentive source of the subject marker, suggesting that there are other sources for DSM than the ones identified in the literature. This study looks at the functions of the marker ka with subjects in colloquial Burmese and discusses factors favoring its occurrence and possible paths of its development.