台灣閩南語游離計量詞研究

Floating Quantifiers in Taiwanese Southern Min

蕭宇佑(Yu-you Hsiao)

指導教授 ： 連金發

國立清華大學/人文社會學院/語言學研究所/碩士(2013年)

https://doi.org/10.6843/NTHU.2013.00669

摘要

本論文旨在討論閩南語游離計量詞出現在動詞後面的現象。在過去的研究中，游離計量詞普遍被認為容易出現在動詞前的位置上，也就是說游離計量詞不太能出現在動詞後的位置上，但其實在閩南語中，游離計量詞是可以出現在及物句和被動句中動後的位置上。本文將採用滯留理論(The stranding analysis)和Lin (2009)的被動句分析(The NOP analysis)來分別說明閩南語游離計量詞出現在及物句和被動句中動後的現象；並且提出一些規則用來說明游離計量詞出現在動後的限制。最後本文的次要議題:計量詞的語法化也會在最後的章節中提出探討。

關鍵字

游離計量詞 ； 全稱量詞 ； 不定量詞 ； kui1-CL ； 現代閩南語 ； 主題化 ； 被動句 ； 語法化

並列摘要

For the past two decades, the issue of floating quantifiers has been widely investigated in many languages; however, in Modern Taiwanese Southern Min, there are a few studies on the phenomenon of floating quantifiers. Based on previous works, it is observed that the floating quantifiers often occur in preverbal positions. In other words, the floating quantifiers seldom appear in postverbal positions or in low argument positions. However, in Modern Taiwanese Southern Min, it seems that some quantifiers can be stranded in postverbal positions of transitive verb sentences and passive sentences.

In this thesis, the analysis of postverbal FQs in Modern Taiwanese Southern Min is the main focus. Three different quantifiers are investigated. One is universal quantifiers like tsuan5-poo7 ‘all’, another is indefinite quantifiers such as tsit8-kua2 (-a2) ‘some’ and tam7-poh8-a2 ‘some’ and the other is kui1-CL ‘whole’. I adopt the stranding analysis to illustrate postverbal FQs in transitive verb structures, while with regard to postverbal FQs in passive structures, the null operator analysis is taken into consideration. Besides, some restrictions will be pointed to affect the grammaticality of stranding quantifiers in postverbal positions. Finally, the minor issue, grammaticalization of some quantifiers, will be discussed.

並列關鍵字

floating quantifiers ； universal quantifiers ； indefinite quantifiers ； kui1-CL ； Modern Taiwanese Southern Min ； topiclaization ； passive structures ； grammaticalization

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