DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Syntax of Prerelatives

博士论文研究：前关系词的语法

• 批准号: 0090162
• 负责人: Sabine Iatridou
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-01-01 至 2001-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0090162&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: DOCTORAL; DISSERTATION; RESEARCH; Syntax; Prerelatives

This project involves fieldwork on relative clauses (RCs) in two Uto-Aztecan languages, Hiaki (Yaqui) and O'odham (Papago), as part of a dissertation project on the syntax and typology of pre-nominal and post-nominal relative clauses.Pre- and post-relatives differ systematically. In general, only postrelatives employ finite verbs, relative pronouns, and the complementizer used in sentential complementation. The proposed study will investigate the correlations between pre- and postrelatives and the correlations between them and other types of RCs that have been identified in the literature. Central questions are:1. Why do these correlations exist?2. What criteria determine the choice of prerelative versus postrelative across languages?Of special interest is the existence of languages whose RCs do not fit neatly into the typology that seems adequate for the majority of languages studied to date, languages whose RCs show properties characteristic of both pre- and postrelatives. The analysis of these languages will help to understand the true shape of the typology, and the reasons the facts are what they are.Hiaki and O'odham are 'mixed' languages in this sense. O'odham uses both pre- and postrelatives. Hiaki employs postrelatives with all the properties typical of prerelatives. The proposed project will investigate the RCs of both languages by conducting fieldwork and analyzing native texts. The results of this research are necessary prerequisites for the theoretical objective of the project.Hiaki and O'odham are endangered languages. The description of their RC-constructions gained by fieldwork and text-analysis will also be used to develop teaching materials. All fieldwork data will be recorded digitally. They will also be used as data for the webbased dictionary-project on O'odham, Navajo, and Hiaki that is currently underway at the University of Arizona.

本项目涉及对两种Uto-Aztecan语言Hiaki（Yaqui）和O 'odham（Papago）中关系从句（RC）的田野调查，作为关于前名词性和后名词性关系从句的句法和类型学的论文项目的一部分。一般来说，只有后置关系词才使用限定动词、关系代词和补语。拟议的研究将调查前和后亲属之间的相关性，以及它们与文献中已确定的其他类型的RC之间的相关性。核心问题是：1。为什么会存在这些相关性？2.什么标准决定了语言中前后关系的选择？特别令人感兴趣的是存在的语言的RC不适合整齐的类型学，似乎足够的大多数语言研究的日期，语言的RC显示属性的特点前和postrelative。对这些语言的分析将有助于理解类型学的真实形态，以及事实是什么的原因。Hiaki和O 'odham在这个意义上是“混合”语言。O 'odham同时使用了前和后亲属。Hiaki使用具有前相关的所有典型属性的后相关。该项目将通过实地考察和分析母语文本来研究两种语言的关系式。这项研究的结果是实现该项目理论目标的必要前提。Hiaki和O 'odham是濒危语言。通过田野调查和文本分析获得的对他们的RC结构的描述也将被用于开发教材。所有现场数据将以数字方式记录。它们也将被用作基于网络的O 'odham，Navajo和Hiaki词典项目的数据，该项目目前正在亚利桑那大学进行。