英文摘要 |
This paper focuses on the comitativity-related constructions and coordination in the Truku dialect of Seediq, a Formosan language belonging to the Atayalic group. Regarding comitativity and coordination, three morphemes are found to be structurally involved: deha as the comitative preposition, ka as the comitative case marker, and ni as the conjunctive coordinator. deha in comitativity-related constructions belongs to different grammatical categories. The deha in inclusory constructions is analyzed as the numeral ‘two’. deha is in complementary distribution with the comitative case marker ka and their occurrence depends on the pronominal status of the subject. This paper also presents both conjunctive and disjunctive coordination. The syntactic distribution of the preposition deha and the coordinator ni is also compared. The coordinator ni is used as monosyndeton and polysyndeton. Typologically speaking, coordination in Truku Seediq shows that the position of the coordinator ni in relation to the other coordinands is the type of [A co][B], based on the criterion of intonational phrasing. Following Stassen’s (2000) typological study on noun phrase conjunction, this paper concludes that Truku Seediq is an AND-language. |