末昂语的关系从句结构

The Relative Clause Structure of the Mo’ang Language

本文讨论末昂语关系从句结构的基本特征、中心词的类别、句法功能和句法表现形式,以及关系从句的标记方式和内部构成。经研究认为,在关系从句结构中,量词单独作中心词有定指功能;中心词在主句中可充当的论元功能更多,中心词出现在主句的频率更高;关系从句的标记方式有留空、使用虚词ma31、省略语气词等;从句的谓语动词可受否定词限定,能带持续体标记。

This paper provides a comprehensive description of the relative clause structure of Mo’ang,a language of the Yi branch of the Tibeto-Burman group,including the basic features of the relative structure,the types,syntactic functions and syntactic realizations of the head words,as well as the markings and internal structure of the relative clauses.The study shows that in the relative clause structure,classifiers serving as the head words alone have a definite referential function,the head words can serve more argument functions in the main clauses than in the subordinate clauses,and the head words occur more frequently in the main clauses.It is also found that the strategies for relative clause marking include the use of syntactic gaps,the use of the function word ma31,and the omission of modal particles.The predicate verbs of the relative clauses can be modified with a negative and can take continuous aspect markers.