Nominal morphosyntax and word order in Heritage Greek across majority languages

大多数语言的传统希腊语中的名义词法和词序

• 批准号: 394836232
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Artemis Alexiadou
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Units
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/394836232?language=en
• 关键词: Nominal; morphosyntax; word; order; Heritage

In this project we investigate the extent to which the varieties of heritage Greek in Germany and in the U.S. show novel grammatical patterns in the domain of nominal morphosyntax and word order. Specifically, we will investigate: (i) nominal morpho-syntax and word order within the DP, and its interaction with (ii) word order phenomena in the clausal domain, in particular, the left periphery, verb placement, and the relationship between word order and information structure. With respect to (i) we will examine phenomena that are taken to belong to morphosyntax, such as case, but also phenomena that are associated with the syntax-semantics and syntax-discourse interfaces such as the expression of genericity, indefinite/presentational demonstratives, and multiple determiners (that is both internal and external interfaces). With respect to (ii), a similar division of labor will be considered: the left periphery is associated with the interaction between syntax and discourse (external interface), whereas verb placement is taken to be a core morpho-syntactic phenomenon. Moreover, in Greek different word orders are possible, each of which realize distinct information-structure properties. All these phenomena will be investigated on the basis of systematic comparisons including different language-contact settings, registers, and age groups and matching data from monolingual speakers (crucially also including productions from informal registers). In line with RUEG's overall approach, we will examine the status of noncanonical patterns, to the extent that these can be found in Greek heritage grammars, from the point of view of our three joint ventures. The project will contribute to a better understanding of heritage grammars in different language-contact situations.

在这个项目中，我们调查在何种程度上的各种遗产希腊语在德国和美国显示出新颖的语法模式领域的名词形态句法和词序。具体来说，我们将调查：（一）名词性形态句法和词序内的DP，及其相互作用（二）语序现象的小句域，特别是，左周边，动词的位置，以及词序和信息结构之间的关系。关于（i），我们将考察属于形态句法的现象，如格，但也会考察与句法-语义和句法-话语界面相关的现象，如类属性的表达、不定/表象指示词和多重限定词（即内部界面和外部界面）。关于（ii），一个类似的分工将被认为是：左边缘与句法和话语之间的相互作用（外部接口），而动词的位置被认为是一个核心的形态句法现象。此外，在希腊语中，不同的词序是可能的，每一种都实现了不同的信息结构属性。所有这些现象都将在系统比较的基础上进行调查，包括不同的语言接触环境，寄存器和年龄组以及来自单语者的匹配数据（重要的是还包括非正式寄存器的产品）。根据RUEG的整体方法，我们将研究非规范模式的地位，在某种程度上，这些可以在希腊遗产语法中找到，从我们的三个合资企业的角度来看。该项目将有助于更好地了解不同语言接触情况下的传统语法。