Descriptive and typological study on the adjective predicate structure in Koryak

本研究从名词到动词的连续体出发，对柯里亚克语中传统意义上的定性形容词(简称N式)进行了研究。(1)对形容词和动词边界部分的描述进行了细化。尤其是名词性质谓词的N型和动词型的KU式在词法和句法上的差异。(2)笔者指出，N形式在亲缘关系语言中的不同表现形式，特别是楚科奇语和阿卢托语，可能与不同语言中动词屈折系统的不同有关。(3)旨在从类型学的角度对N式进行定位。(4)考察了反被动、不及物/及物动词交替、名词化等相关现象。

The present study dealt with the traditionally so-called 'qualitative adjective' in Koryak (N form, for short) and conducted the following studies by viewing it in the continuum from nouns to verbs. (1) I aimed to refine the description on the boundary part between adjectives and verbs. Especially, morphological and syntactic differences between noun-like N forms of property predication and verb-like KU form of event predication were clearly demonstrated by this study. (2) I pointed out that the different manifestation of N form in the genetically related languagese, especially, Chukchi and Alutor, was probably related to the different verb inflectional systems in different languages. (3) I aimed to place N form in the typological perspective. (4) I also examined several related phenomena such as antipassive, intransitive/transitive verb alternation, and nominalization.