Article |
| Asia Pacific Journal of Corpus Research Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 41-56 |
| Abbreviation: APJCR |
| e-ISSN: 2733-8096 |
| Publication date: 31 December 2020 |
| Received: 9 September 2020 / Received in Revised Form: 9 December 2020 / Accepted: 19 December 2020 |
| DOI: https://doi.org/10.22925/apjcr.2020.1.2.41
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Word Order and Cliticization in Sakizaya: A Corpus-based Approach |
| Chihkai Lin (Tatung University) |
| Copyright 2020 APJCR
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Abstract |
| This paper aims to investigate how word order interacts with cliticization in Sakizaya, a Formosan language. This paper looks into nominative and genitive case markers from a corpus-based approach. The data are collected from an online dictionary of Sakizaya, and they are classified into two word orders: nominative case marker preceding genitive case marker and vice versa. The data are also divided into three categories, according to the demarcation of the case markers, which include right, left, or no demarcation. The corpus includes 700 sentences in the construction of predicate + noun phrase + noun phrase. The results suggest that the two case markers tend to be parsed into the preceding word and show right demarcation. The results also reveal that there are type difference and distance effect of the case markers on the cliticization. Nominative case markers show more right demarcation than genitive case markers do in the corpus. Also, the closer the case markers are to the predicate, the more possible the case markers undergo cliticization. |
Keywords |
| Sakizaya, Formosan Language, Word Order, Cliticization, Nominative Case Marker, Genitive Case Marker |
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The Authors’ Addresses |
| First and Corresponding Author Chihkai Lin Professor Department of Applied Foreign Languages Tatung University No.40, Sec. 3, Zhongshan N. Rd., Taipei City 104, TAIWAN E-mail: linchihkai@gmail.com |
