台灣閩南語動後khuann之貌似補語連詞用法

ON THE APPARENT COMPLEMENTIZER USE OF POSTVERBAL KHUANN IN TAIWANESE SOUTHERN MIN

本研究從生成語法的角度探討台灣閩南語中 khuann 字具貌似補語連詞用法的句型。文中指出此種動後 khuann 與典型補語連詞不同，除與其前謂語不具選擇限制外，亦不遵守補語連詞常見之排序約束。本研究進一步論證此類 khuann 並非是補語連詞，而是處於並列結構內之詞彙動詞。

This paper looks at sentences involving the apparent complementizer use of khuann in Taiwanese Southern Min from a generative perspective. I show that, unlike typical complementizers, postverbal khuann does not display selectional restrictions with its preceding predicate and is not constrained in terms of ordering among complementizers. I further suggest khuann is not a complementizer but a lexical verb that resides in a conjunct of the conjunction structure.