Clausal nominalization in Budai Rukai
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Li-May Sung
Abstract
This paper aims to explore the morphosyntactic characteristics of the two nominalizers -anә and -Ø occurring pervasively in both clausal and lexical nominalizations in Budai Rukai, one of the Formosan languages spoken in the southern part of Taiwan. It shows that relativization plays a role in the emergence of nominalization constructions under investigation. Budai nominalization constructions also exhibit both nominal and verbal properties. Their distinctive nominality is signaled by the presence of case markers and genitive subjects. Yet their internal structure resembles in nearly all respects that of a sentence. Retention of adverbial phrases, oblique-marked object argument, and various verbal categories including tense, aspect, voice and valency morphemes is clear evidence of the verbal nature of such a nominalization process. The result of this work matches various cross-linguistic observations attested in Koptjevskaja-Tamm (2003), Malchukov (2006), Comrie and Thompson (2007), and Noonan.(2007).
Abstract
This paper aims to explore the morphosyntactic characteristics of the two nominalizers -anә and -Ø occurring pervasively in both clausal and lexical nominalizations in Budai Rukai, one of the Formosan languages spoken in the southern part of Taiwan. It shows that relativization plays a role in the emergence of nominalization constructions under investigation. Budai nominalization constructions also exhibit both nominal and verbal properties. Their distinctive nominality is signaled by the presence of case markers and genitive subjects. Yet their internal structure resembles in nearly all respects that of a sentence. Retention of adverbial phrases, oblique-marked object argument, and various verbal categories including tense, aspect, voice and valency morphemes is clear evidence of the verbal nature of such a nominalization process. The result of this work matches various cross-linguistic observations attested in Koptjevskaja-Tamm (2003), Malchukov (2006), Comrie and Thompson (2007), and Noonan.(2007).
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgment to reviewers xv
- List of contributors xvii
- Introduction 1
- From light noun to nominalizer and more 61
- On the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of the morpheme kai in the Chaozhou dialect 109
- The Cantonese ge3 125
- On gerundive nominalization in Mandarin and Cantonese 147
- Nominalization in Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area 163
- Aspects of the historical development of nominalizers in the Tamangic languages 195
- Innovation in nominalization in Magar 215
- Nominalization and nominalization-based constructions in Galo 255
- Nominalization in Numhpuk Singpho 289
- Nominalization in Nuosu Yi 313
- Finite structures from clausal nominalization in Tibeto-Burman 343
- Linker, relativizer, nominalizer, tense-particle 363
- Nominalization and stance marking in Korean 393
- A case of non-derived stand-alone nominalization 423
- Nominalization in Okinawan 445
- Versatility of nominalizations 473
- The functions of - an and = ay in Kavalan 499
- Clausal nominalization in Budai Rukai 523
- Nominalization in Saisiyat 561
- Rise and fall of referentiality 589
- Referential and non-referential uses of nominalization constructions in Malay 627
- Expressing exclamatives in Malagasy 659
- Nominalizations in Toqabaqita and closely related languages 685
- Exclamatives and temporal nominalizations in Austronesian 721
- Discourse-structuring functions of Abui demonstratives 757
- Index 789
- Language index 795
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgment to reviewers xv
- List of contributors xvii
- Introduction 1
- From light noun to nominalizer and more 61
- On the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of the morpheme kai in the Chaozhou dialect 109
- The Cantonese ge3 125
- On gerundive nominalization in Mandarin and Cantonese 147
- Nominalization in Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area 163
- Aspects of the historical development of nominalizers in the Tamangic languages 195
- Innovation in nominalization in Magar 215
- Nominalization and nominalization-based constructions in Galo 255
- Nominalization in Numhpuk Singpho 289
- Nominalization in Nuosu Yi 313
- Finite structures from clausal nominalization in Tibeto-Burman 343
- Linker, relativizer, nominalizer, tense-particle 363
- Nominalization and stance marking in Korean 393
- A case of non-derived stand-alone nominalization 423
- Nominalization in Okinawan 445
- Versatility of nominalizations 473
- The functions of - an and = ay in Kavalan 499
- Clausal nominalization in Budai Rukai 523
- Nominalization in Saisiyat 561
- Rise and fall of referentiality 589
- Referential and non-referential uses of nominalization constructions in Malay 627
- Expressing exclamatives in Malagasy 659
- Nominalizations in Toqabaqita and closely related languages 685
- Exclamatives and temporal nominalizations in Austronesian 721
- Discourse-structuring functions of Abui demonstratives 757
- Index 789
- Language index 795
