YUGUR-ENGLISH

Case and the interpretation of indefinites in Uyghur

By Asarina Alya.

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Языки и языкознание;Уйгурский язык

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. WAFL 7, October 29-31, 2010. — 23 p. Handout.In this talk, I consider the relationship between case-marking and the scope and definiteness of noun phrases in Uyghur. Data on direct objects suggests the following generalization: restriction on reconstruction in Uyghur:(1) Reconstruction of overtly case-marked indefinites is prohibited.Nominalized embedding constructions provide further evidence for this proposal. Nominalized embedding (non-modal adjective):(2) q1z-(n1N) kil-iS-i muhimgirl-(gen) come-ISH-3 important‘It’s important for a girl to come.’Embedding by a non-modal adjective: the subject remains inside the -ish phrase. An unmarked subject must scope below the adjective, while a genitive-marked subject can take high or low scope. Nominalized embedding (modal adjective):(3) q1z-(n1N) kil-iS-i kirekgirl-(gen) come-ISH-3 necessary‘It’s necessary for a girl to come.’

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