The syntax of sentential complements in Shona
The syntax of sentential complements in Shona
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绍纳语句子补语的语法
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1976
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N. C. Dembetembe
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N. C. Dembetembe
本研究涉及修纳语中的嵌入句子，这些句子不是关系从句。这些补语似乎有两种类型，即以 NP 为主的补足语，称为名词短语补足语和以 VP 直接为主的补足语，称为动词短语补足语。第一章讨论了每种类型的情况。第二章讨论绍纳语（Zezuru 方言）中的补语语素，采用了识别补语词的程序。这项研究还表明，不定式补语和派生名词应该区别对待。举出的证据表明，前者是转化而来的，但后者不是。第四章首先分析了转换方法，然后分析了其不足之处，最后分析了短语结构方法，讨论了将补足词插入基础结构中。根据经验证据，后一种方法优于前一种方法。本研究中提到的转换规则在第五章中进行了描述。尽管对某些规则进行了相当广泛的讨论，但对于其他规则，仅给出了概要。本章的主要目的是提供有关这些规则如何工作的足够信息，以促进对论文的理解。嵌入句的语法功能，即给定的补语从句是作为主语还是宾语等，是第六章关注的问题。我认为本文的主要贡献在于以下章节：（a）建立两种类型的句子补语的论据，（b）发现补语的程序，（c）显示如何将补语插入到底层结构中的论点，以及（d）嵌入子句在句子中的分布。
This study is concerned with embedded sentences in Shona which are not relative clauses. These complements seem to be of two types, namely, those dominated by NP which are referred to as noun phrase complements and those directly dominated by VP which are referred to as verb phrase complements. The case for each type is argued in the first chapter. The second chapter deals with the complementizing morphemes found in Shona (Zezuru dialect), A procedure is adopted by which complementizers are identified. This study also brings out the fact that infinitival complements and derived nominals should be treated differently. Evidence is adduced to show that the former are derived transformationally, but not the latter. Chapter Four discusses the insertion of complementizers into the underlying structure by analyzing first the transformational approach, then its inadequacy, and finally the phrase structure approach. The latter approach is preferred to the former on empirical evidence. The transformational rules which are mentioned in this study are described in the fifth chapter. Although some of the rules are dealt with fairly extensively, for others no more than an outline is given, The main purpose of this chapter was to provide only enough information about how these rules work in order to facilitate understanding of the thesis. The grammatical function of embedded sentences, that is, whether a given complement clause functions as a subject or an object etc, is the concern of Chapter Six. I consider the main contribution of this thesis to be the chapters dealing with (a) the arguments for setting up the two types of sentence complements, (b) procedures for the discovery of complementizers, (c) the arguments showing how complementizers should be inserted into the underlying structure, and (d) the distribution in sentences of embedded clauses.