Locative and Existential Constructions in Ulwa
Locative and Existential Constructions in Ulwa
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乌尔瓦的位置性和存在性建筑
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2010
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Andrew J Koontz
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Andrew J Koontz
本文介绍了乌尔瓦语（尼加拉瓜）存在句和方位句的形态句法和语义事实。方位构式有两种类型：一种是从一小部分姿态谓词中选取一个，另一种是完全没有姿态谓词，只有一个图形和方位（后置短语）非动词谓词。姿态谓词构成了一个独特的句法范畴。在姿态谓词中，“坐”是一个特殊的多义词，既有处所意义，又有语义上更模糊的存在意义。裸方位构式不具有漂白的“坐”构式的存在意义，而是具有纯粹的方位意义。
This article lays out the morphosyntactic and semantic facts of existential and locative constructions in Ulwa (Misumalpan; Nicaragua). Locative constructions come in two types—those that take one of a small set of posture predicates, and those that are completely bare, having only a figure and locative (postpositional phrase) nonverbal predicate. The posture predicates constitute a distinct syntactic category. Among the posture predicates, ‘sit’ is special in being polysemous, having both a locative and more semantically bleached existential meaning. Bare locative constructions do not have the existential meaning of the bleached ‘sit’ construction; rather, they have a pure locative meaning.