Doctoral Dissertation Research: Argument Realization and (Non-)agreement

博士论文研究：论证实现和（非）一致

• 批准号: 1946625
• 负责人: John Beavers
• 金额: $ 1.45万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-03-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1946625&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Argument; Realization

The distinction between arguments and adjuncts is assumed to be a universal distinction made by languages and is specifically built into the architecture of many modern syntactic theories. Broadly speaking, arguments are phrases that the verb requires to form a complete meaning, while adjuncts add in optional extra information. Recent linguistic investigation has identified a language that challenges the argument-adjunct distinction as a linguistic universal in two ways. First, while most arguments are weakly distinguished from adjuncts by being marked on the verb, certain typical arguments lack even this as a distinguishing feature. Second, the processes for reducing a verb’s arguments seem to operate through generalized mechanisms that may ignore the verb’s specific meaning, unlike in other languages. The documentation here will form a core component of the doctoral dissertation of the Co-PI. Broader impacts include a publicly available deposit of recordings and transcriptions at a digital repository housed at the University of Texas at Austin. This project examines secondary objects and middles within a larger investigation of argument realization in a language that allows at most one object to be indexed on the verb; thus there is currently no distinction between secondary objects and unindexable adjuncts. This project explores three questions about secondary objects: (a) do secondary objects introduce new participants or realize those already in the predicate's meaning; (b) what is the grammatical function of secondary objects and are they distinct from other dependents; and (c) what factors govern which dependent is indexed on the verb? Finally, this project aims for a fuller description of middle constructions, with a focus on how the lexical semantics of the verb affects its behavior in middle contexts, and how such argument suppression interacts with argument realization properties.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

论元和论元之间的区别被认为是语言的普遍区别，并且被具体地构建在许多现代句法理论的体系结构中。一般来说，arguments是动词需要的短语，以形成完整的含义，而arguments则添加了可选的额外信息。最近的语言学研究发现，有一种语言在两个方面挑战了论元-附加语的区分。第一，虽然大多数论元都被标记在动词上，但它们与非论元的区别并不大，某些典型的论元甚至连这一区别特征都没有。第二，减少动词论元的过程似乎是通过一般化的机制进行的，这种机制可能会忽略动词的特定含义，这与其他语言不同。这里的文档将构成Co-PI博士论文的核心组成部分。更广泛的影响包括在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的数字存储库中公开提供录音和录音的存款。这个项目在一个更大的研究中考察了一种语言中的论元实现，这种语言允许最多一个对象在动词上被索引;因此，目前没有区分次要对象和不可索引的词。本计画探讨三个关于次宾语的问题：（a）次宾语是引进新的参与者还是实现那些已经在谓语意义中的参与者;（B）次宾语的语法功能是什么，它们与其他从属物有什么区别;（c）是什么因素决定了哪些从属物被索引在动词上？最后，该项目旨在对中动结构进行更全面的描述，重点关注动词的词汇语义如何影响其在中动语境中的行为，以及这种论元抑制如何与论元实现属性相互作用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

项目成果

Beyond c-structure and f-structure: On the argument-adjunct distinction in O’dam

超越c结构和f结构：论Oâdam中论元与附加物的区别

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The proceedings of the LFG Conference
• 作者: Everdell, Michael;Melchin, Paul B.;Asudeh, Ash;Siddiqi, Daniel
• 通讯作者: Siddiqi, Daniel

Los aplicativos en tepehuano del sureste (o’dam) y tepehuano del suroeste (audam)

Los aplicativos en tepehuano del Sureste (oâdam) y tepehuano del suuroeste (audam)

• DOI: 10.24201/clecm.v9i0.243
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
• 作者: Everdell, Michael;García Salido, Gabriela
• 通讯作者: García Salido, Gabriela