TOPIC AND FOCUS IN MAYAN
TOPIC AND FOCUS IN MAYAN
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DOI：
10.2307/416369
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发表时间：
1992-03-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
AISSEN, JL
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作者：
AISSEN, JL
大多数玛雅语言基本上都是谓词首字母，但当它们被聚焦或主题化时，不同的短语出现在谓词之前。本文以1986年乔姆斯基的框架为框架，对三种玛雅语言(佐齐尔语、雅卡尔特克语、茨图吉尔语)的话题和焦点进行短语结构分析。区分了三个不同的实体：焦点和两种类型的主题，在这里称为“内部”和“外部”。每一个都被认为占据了一个不同的结构位置。分析的核心是对语调短语的描述以及几个语调短语在佐齐尔和雅卡尔泰克中的分布。提出了一种从表层结构中提取语调短语结构的算法。句法证据进一步支持建立在韵律基础上的短语结构差异。
Most Mayan languages are 'basically' predicate-initial, but various phrases occur before the predicate when they are focused or topicalized. This paper assumes the framework of Chomsky 1986 and presents a phrase-structural analysis of topic and focus for three Mayan languages (Tzotzil, Jakaltek, Tz'utujil). Three distinct entities are distinguished: the focus and two types of topic, termed here 'internal' and 'external'. Each is argued to occupy a distinct structural position. At the heart of the analysis is an account of intonational phrasing and the distribution of several intonational phrase clitics in Tzotzil and Jakaltek. An algorithm is proposed for deriving intonational phrase structure from surface structure. Syntactic evidence further supports the phrase-structural differences established on prosodic grounds.*