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On the Nominal Structure of Eastern Tamang

초록 (요약문)

This thesis deals with the nominal structure of Eastern Tamang concerning both syntactic and semantic restrictions. Specifically, this thesis shows how grammatical items such as an adjective, numeral classifier, plural morpheme, demonstrative, and possessor are all intertwined within a single projection. After handling the syntactic structure, the thesis tackles how the semantic composition takes place. In Chapter 3, the NP/DP parameter is applied to identify the maximal projection of the nominal phrase. In Chapter 4, the structure building embarks on, from the bottom of the tree. Under the purview of generative grammar, the aforementioned grammatical items are taken into account in structuring the nominal phrase in Eastern Tamang.

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초록 (요약문)

본 논문은 타망어의 전체적인 명사구 구조를 통사적으로 파악하고, 그에 따른 의미합성을 목표로 한다.즉, 명사구 내부에 있는 다양한 문법적 표지들을 고려하여 그들이 각각 통사부내에 어떤 상호작용을하며 구조화 되어 있는 지 파악하고, 각각의 문법범주들의 의미적 합성 관계를 고려한다. 먼저 3장에서는 타망어의 NP/DP 파라미터를 적용하여, 최대투사범주를 결정한다. 4장에서는 파라미터에서 도출한 결과를 바탕으로 수형도 기준, 아래에 놓인 맨명사구(NP)부터 형용사구, 복수접미사, 분류사구, 지시사구, 소유주 구문까지 생성문법의 관점에서 다양한 통사적 제약과 의미합성을 고려하여, 타망어 명사구구조를 파악한다.

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목차

1 Introduction 1
1.1 Overview 1
1.2 Organization 5
2 The Tamang Language 7
2.1 Introduction 7
2.2 Data Source 8
2.3 Grammatical Properties of Eastern Tamang 8
2.3.1 Head-Finality 8
2.3.2 Ergative Case Alignment 9
2.3.3 Differential Object Marking (DOM) 11
2.3.4 Wh in-situ 12
3 The NP/DP Parameter 15
3.0.1 NP/DP Parameter 16
3.1 About the NP/DP Parameter 16
3.1.1 Two Notable Diagnostics 18
3.1.1.1 Left Branch Extraction 18
3.1.1.2 NEG-raising 20
3.1.2 Limitations of the Parameter 22
3.1.2.1 One-way Correlation 22
3.1.3 Universal DP-Hypothesis 23
3.2 NP/DP test of Eastern Tamang 25
3.2.1 NP Language Properties 26
3.2.2 Inconclusive Properties 28
3.2.3 DP language properties 31
3.2.4 The Summary 32
4 Nominal Structure 33
4.1 Word Order 33
4.2 Nouns and Adjectives 34
4.2.1 More on Semantics of Nouns 37
4.3 NumP 42
4.3.1 On the Syntax of Num 42
4.3.2 The Num Head Structure 44
4.3.3 On the Semantics of Num 48
4.4 A Numeral Classifier 49
4.4.1 Previous Studies 49
4.4.1.1 Classifier for Noun 50
4.4.1.2 Classifier for Numeral 52
4.4.2 A Numeral Classifier in Eastern Tamang 54
4.5 Demonstratives & Possessors 58
4.5.1 Word Order 58
4.5.2 Syntactic Approach 59
4.5.3 Demonstratives 62
4.5.3.1 D-Head 62
4.5.3.2 Semantics of Demonstratives 63
4.5.4 Possessors 67
4.5.4.1 Base Position 67
4.5.4.2 Possessor Raising 70
5 Conclusion 73
5.1 Concluding Remarks 73
5.2 Future Work 76
5.2.1 Classifier Optionality 76
Bibliography 79

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