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Constructional variation in Estonian: Demonstrative pronouns and adverbs as determiners in noun phrases
Lingua ( IF 0.916 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 , DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103030
Piia Taremaa , Helen Hint , Maria Reile , Renate Pajusalu

In Estonian, demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adverbs can be used as determiners in NPs to express similar meanings (cf. selles majas ‘in this house’ and siin majas ‘in this house [here]’). Using multifactorial corpus study, we examine demonstrative choice in such constructions (demPronNP vs. demAdvNP). We demonstrate that the choice between a demonstrative pronoun and an adverb as a determiner is closely related to the meaning of a noun in NP. Most notably, pronouns as determiners co-occur frequently with abstract nouns (including time; e.g., sellel ajal ‘at this time’), and adverbs as determiners with concrete words (including locations; e.g., seal poes ‘in that shop [there]’). Compared to pronouns, adverbs tend to be used more often in combination with words that denote inanimate and static entities. Demonstrative adverbs also occur somewhat more frequently in informal texts and pronouns in formal texts. The results suggest that there is a cline of spatiality ranging from highly spatial sub-constructions of demAdvNP to highly non-spatial sub-constructions of demPronNP. Furthermore, the distinction between demPronNP and demAdvNP is more important in accounting for data variation than the meaning of a demonstrative in terms of the proximal and distal distinction.



中文翻译:

爱沙尼亚语中的结构变化:指示代词和副词作为名词短语的确定词

在爱沙尼亚语中,指示代词和指示副词可以用作NP中的确定词,以表达相似的含义(参见Selles majas在“这间房子”和siin majas在这间房子[在这里])。使用多因素语料库研究,我们检查了在这种构造中的示范选择(demPronNP与demAdvNP)。我们证明了指示代词和副词作为确定语之间的选择与NP中名词的含义密切相关。最值得注意的是,代词作为定语词经常与抽象名词(包括时间;例如,sellel ajal “此时”)同时出现;副词则作为定语词与具体词(包括位置;例如,印章诗词)同时出现。“在那家店[那里]”)。与代词相比,副词往往与表示无生命和静态实体的词结合使用。指示性副词也出现在非正式文本中的频率更高,而代词在正式文本中的频率更高。结果表明存在一个空间性的上升线,从demAdvNP的高度空间子结构到demPronNP的高度非空间子结构。此外,在说明数据变化方面,dempPronNP和demAdvNP之间的区别比在近端和远端区别方面的指示意义更重要。

更新日期:2021-04-02
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