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Nominal types in Gitksan split-absolutive agreement
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory ( IF 0.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-08 , DOI: 10.1007/s11049-020-09497-5
Clarissa Forbes

This paper presents a study of a split absolutive-nominative agreement pattern in Gitksan (Tsimshianic) which co-occurs with ergative agreement. The split is conditioned on the basis of nominal type: alongside ergative agreement, a second type of agreement targets absolutives (S, O) when the subject is a participant or third-singular pronoun, or nominatives (S, A) when the subject is a full DP or third-plural pronoun. This results in what appears to be construction-dependent variation in the applicability of the Activity Condition, as some transitive subjects receive both ergative and nominative agreement. It is proposed that DP arguments and third-plural pronouns are able to receive multiple instances of agreement by virtue of bearing D-features; in contrast to the situation with typical pronouns, these D-features remain active for agreement even if prior ergative agreement has already deactivated the argument’s ϕ-features. Both ergative and nominative agreement may target a single argument because different groups of features are targeted during the two operations. The D-feature property is ultimately linked to a structural DP/non-DP distinction amongst arguments, providing some insight into the role of D in pronominal systems. This analysis, which crucially relies on an approach to activity that explicitly allows incremental deactivation of an argument, accounts for the empirical facts in Gitksan more readily than a purely morphological approach or an approach that considers distinctions between ϕ-features alone.

中文翻译:

Gitksan 分割绝对协议中的名义类型

本文介绍了 Gitksan (Tsimshianic) 中与作格一致同时出现的分裂绝对主格一致模式的研究。分裂以名义类型为条件:除了作格协议外,当主语是参与者或第三单数代词时,第二种类型的协议针对绝对代词(S,O),或者当主语是主格时针对主格(S,A)一个完整的 DP 或第三复数代词。这导致活动条件的适用性似乎是依赖于结构的变化,因为一些及物主语接受作格和主格一致。提出了DP论点和第三复数代词能够通过承载D特征而获得多个一致实例;与典型代词的情况相反,即使先前的作格协议已经停用了参数的 ϕ 特征,这些 D 特征仍保持活跃以达成一致。作格和主格一致都可以针对单个参数,因为在两个操作期间针对不同的特征组。D 特征属性最终与参数之间的结构性 DP/非 DP 区别相关联,提供了对 D 在代词系统中的作用的一些见解。这种分析主要依赖于明确允许增量停用论证的活动方法,它比纯粹的形态学方法或仅考虑 ϕ 特征之间的区别的方法更容易解释 Gitksan 中的经验事实。作格和主格一致都可以针对单个参数,因为在两个操作期间针对不同的特征组。D 特征属性最终与参数之间的结构性 DP/非 DP 区别相关联,提供了对 D 在代词系统中的作用的一些见解。这种分析主要依赖于明确允许增量停用论证的活动方法,它比纯粹的形态学方法或仅考虑 ϕ 特征之间的区别的方法更容易解释 Gitksan 中的经验事实。作格和主格一致都可以针对单个参数,因为在两个操作期间针对不同的特征组。D 特征属性最终与参数之间的结构性 DP/非 DP 区别相关联,提供了对 D 在代词系统中的作用的一些见解。这种分析主要依赖于一种明确允许增量停用论证的活动方法,它比纯粹的形态学方法或仅考虑 ϕ 特征之间的区别的方法更容易解释 Gitksan 中的经验事实。提供对 D 在代词系统中的作用的一些见解。这种分析主要依赖于明确允许增量停用论证的活动方法,它比纯粹的形态学方法或仅考虑 ϕ 特征之间的区别的方法更容易解释 Gitksan 中的经验事实。提供对 D 在代词系统中的作用的一些见解。这种分析主要依赖于明确允许增量停用论证的活动方法,它比纯粹的形态学方法或仅考虑 ϕ 特征之间的区别的方法更容易解释 Gitksan 中的经验事实。
更新日期:2020-12-08
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