This paper describes the variation in information structure of Estonian -des, -mata and -maks constructions, and analyzes the factors influencing this variation. The paper describes information structure via the categories of information status and information role. Information status, which refers to the general pragmatic status of a linguistic unit, has two possible values: an information unit or an element of an information unit. Information role refers to the pragmatic status of an element in the information structure of a larger information unit. Information role has five possible values: focus, background of the comment, topic, frame or prominent element. Through qualitative and quantitative analysis, this article gives an account of the variation in the information status and information role of Estonian converb constructions. In addition, this paper discusses the way in which the relevant explanatory variables relate to the information status and role of converb constructions. This analysis gives an overview of how the information status of converb constructions relates to the presence of punctuation, the position of the converb construction relative to the main clause, the number of words in the converb construction, the semantic function of the converb construction, the position of the converb within the construction, the morphological form of the converb, and the number of modifiers of the converb. This analysis also discusses how the information role of converb constructions relates to the position and semantic function of the construction and the presence of a lexicogrammatical prominence marker.

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复合动词结构的信息结构：爱沙尼亚语-des、-mata 和-maks 结构

本文描述了爱沙尼亚语信息结构的变化 -德斯, -马塔和 -马克并分析了影响这种变化的因素。本文通过信息状态和信息角色的类别来描述信息结构。信息状态是指语言单元的一般语用状态，有两个可能的值：信息单元或信息单元的元素。信息角色是指一个元素在较大信息单元的信息结构中的语用地位。信息角色有五个可能的值：焦点、评论背景、主题、框架或突出元素。本文通过定性和定量分析，阐述了爱沙尼亚语动词结构的信息地位和信息作用的变化。此外，本文还讨论了相关解释变量与动词结构的信息状态和作用的关系。该分析概述了动词结构的信息状态如何与标点符号的存在、动词结构相对于主句的位置、动词结构中的单词数量、动词结构的语义功能、动词在结构中的位置、动词的形态形式以及动词的修饰语数量。该分析还讨论了动词结构的信息角色如何与该结构的位置和语义功能以及词汇语法显着标记的存在相关。