日旺語的關係子句

Relative Clause Structures in the Rawang Language

日旺語是緬甸北部卡欽州的藏緬語族語言，跟中國境內的獨龍語和阿儂語有密切的關係。本文討論日旺語裡所發現的關係子句和名詞補語 (noun complement) 結構的不同類型，並闡述其性質和歷史發展。在兩種名前的關係子句裡，其中一種帶名物化標誌，一種沒有名物化標誌。本文認為後者引起前者的產生。帶名物化標誌的關係子句有時候可以出現在中心詞後面。在漢藏語系語言裡，關係子句結構常常和名物化結構、領屬結構有密切關係，因此本文特別闡釋這三種結構之間的關係。此外，本文也討論藏緬語族語言裡所發現的其他類型關係子句。

This paper discusses the types of relative clause and noun complement structures found in the Rawang language, a Tibeto-Burman language of northern Myanmar, as well as their origin and uses, with data taken mainly from naturally occurring texts. Two types are preposed relative clauses, but in one the relative clause is nominalized, and in the other it is not. The non-nominalized form with a general head led to the development of nominalizing suffixes and one type of nominalized relative clause structure. As the nominalized form is a nominal itself, it can be postposed to the head in an appositional structure. There is also discussion of the Rawang structures in the context of Tibeto-Burman and the development of relative clause structures in the language family.