清華語言所新036次專題演講公告
※ 清華語言所新036次專題演講公告 ※
講者：Michael Yoshitaka ERLEWINE (National University of Singapore)
題目：Extraction and licensing in Toba Batak
日期：2017年5月31日 (星期三)
時間：中午12:30開始
地點：人社院B305室
摘要：
I investigate patterns of preverbal fronting in Toba Batak, a predicate-initial Austronesian language of northern Sumatra. Contrary to the claims of previous work on the language, I show that multiple constituents can be simultaneously fronted, though only in limited configurations. I argue that the heads C and T are present in Toba Batak, with their traditional division of labor (wh/focus-probing by C and subject licensing and fronting by T), but extraction patterns are restricted by the limited means of nominal licensing (abstract Case) in the language. In addition, the features of C and T have the option of being bundled together on a single head, inheriting properties of both C and T and probing together for the joint satisfaction of their probes. Further evidence for this organization of C and T comes from the distribution of the particle *na* in two varieties of the language. This study sheds light on the relationship between western Austronesian voice system languages and the clause periphery in other language families.
講者：Michael Yoshitaka ERLEWINE (National University of Singapore)
題目：Extraction and licensing in Toba Batak
日期：2017年5月31日 (星期三)
時間：中午12:30開始
地點：人社院B305室
摘要：
I investigate patterns of preverbal fronting in Toba Batak, a predicate-initial Austronesian language of northern Sumatra. Contrary to the claims of previous work on the language, I show that multiple constituents can be simultaneously fronted, though only in limited configurations. I argue that the heads C and T are present in Toba Batak, with their traditional division of labor (wh/focus-probing by C and subject licensing and fronting by T), but extraction patterns are restricted by the limited means of nominal licensing (abstract Case) in the language. In addition, the features of C and T have the option of being bundled together on a single head, inheriting properties of both C and T and probing together for the joint satisfaction of their probes. Further evidence for this organization of C and T comes from the distribution of the particle *na* in two varieties of the language. This study sheds light on the relationship between western Austronesian voice system languages and the clause periphery in other language families.