Degree achievements, telicitv and the verbal prefix meN- in Malay
Degree achievements, telicitv and the verbal prefix meN- in Malay
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马来语中的学位成就、telicitv 和动词前缀 meN-
DOI：
10.1017/s002222671400019x
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Hooi Ling and Hiroki Nomoto
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作者：
Soh;Hooi Ling and Hiroki Nomoto
学位成就分析中的一个问题是所谓的学位成就是否实际上是成就（Hay, Kennedy & Levin 1999, Kearns 2007, Rothstein 2008a）。在本文中，我们提供了来自马来语的证据。我们的证据包括关于学位成就句中动词前缀meN-的方面效应的发现，在学位成就在词汇上被指定为成就的方法下，这可能会得到一个自然的解释，但如果不是，就很难解释。我们提出meN-与言语投射（VP）合并，在Landman（1992,2008）的意义上，言语投射用阶段来描述可能性。这一要求解释了meN-在学位成就句中对远性的显著影响，而在非学位成就句中则没有这种影响。这也解释了meN-在静态句（Soh & Nomoto 2009）和常规成就句中的有限分布。虽然动词前缀meN-和英语进行式之间存在某些方面的相似之处，但我们认为meN-不是一个进行式标记，与英语进行式的相似之处是由于meN-的子分类要求，这使得在有meN的句子中事件阶段比没有meN的句子更突出。我们的分析支持将meN视为一个轻动词(v) (Aldridge 2008; Nomoto 2008, 2011; Sato 2012)，而不是一个声音标记（voice） （Cole, Hermon & Yanti 2008）。
One issue in the analysis of degree achievements is whether or not what are called degree achievements are in fact achievements (Hay, Kennedy & Levin 1999, Kearns 2007, Rothstein 2008a). In this paper, we offer evidence from Malay that they are. Our evidence involves findings about the aspectual effect of the verbal prefix meN- in degree achievement sentences, which may receive a natural account under an approach where degree achievements are lexically specified as achievements, but are difficult to explain if they are not. We propose that meN- merges with a verbal projection (VP) that describes eventualities with stages, in the sense of Landman (1992, 2008). This requirement explains meN-'s apparent effect on telicity in degree achievement sentences and the absence of such an effect in non-degree achievement sentences. It also accounts for the restricted distribution of meN- in stative sentences (Soh & Nomoto 2009) and regular achievement sentences. While certain aspectual parallels exist between the verbal prefix meN- and the English progressive, we argue that meN- is not a progressive marker, and that the parallels with the English progressive are due to the subcategorization requirement of meN-, which makes event stages more prominent in sentences with meN- compared to ones without. Our analysis supports the treatment of meN- as a light verb (v) (Aldridge 2008; Nomoto 2008, 2011; Sato 2012), rather than a marker of voice (Voice) (Cole, Hermon & Yanti 2008).