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.

认为参数和辅助语之间的区别被认为是语言的普遍区别，并且专门内置在许多现代句法理论的架构中。从广义上讲，论点是动词需要形成完整含义的短语，而辅助则添加了可选的额外信息。最近的语言调查已经确定了一种语言，该语言在两种方式上挑战了论证吸引的区别为语言普遍性。首先，虽然大多数参数通过在动词上标记而与辅助区分开，但某些典型论点甚至是一个独特的特征。其次，减少动词论点的过程似乎是通过可能忽略动词特定含义的广义机制来运作的，与其他语言不同。这里的文档将构成Co-Pi博士学位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可用的录音和抄录。该项目考试在更大的论点投资中以一种语言实现的次要对象和中间，该语言最多可以在动词上索引一个对象；因此，当前次要对象和不可索引的辅助物之间没有区别。该项目探讨了有关次要对象的三个问题：（a）辅助对象介绍新的参与者或意识到已经存在谓词的含义； （b）次要对象的语法函数是什么，它们与其他因素有不同； （c）哪些因素控制着哪些因素在动词上索引？最后，该项目的目的是对中间结构进行更全面的描述，重点是动词的词汇语义如何影响其在中间环境中的行为，以及这种参数抑制如何与参数实现的属性相互作用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识优点和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被视为诚实的支持。

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