邹语时点和时段的词性特征

On Characteristics of Temporal Points and Temporal Durations in Tsou

文章考察高山族南岛语邹语时点和时段的词性特征。根据Croft(1991)针对词类的标记理论(Markedness Theory),最典型的词类就是语用功能和语义范畴的无标记组合,此研究方法比传统词类分析有较佳的解释力,对于中国境内少数民族语言词类研究也有重要的借鉴意义。文章认为,邹语的时点和时段具有一定的形态和句法特征,同时也具有类型学研究的意义。

This study attempts to unearth the characteristics of temporal points and temporal durations in Tsou,mainly based on Markedness Theory(Croft 1991)and classification of temporal expressions(Haspelmath 1997).The results show that temporal points and temporal durations in Tsou are typologically enchanting,in that abundant characteristics of morphology and syntax comprise temporal points and temporal durations in Tsou.More⁃over,the study has typologically significant influence on research of word classes,due to the fact that its research method can also be adopted in the study of word classes in other minority languages of China.