[演講] Embedding Licensing in Tsou
https://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/main/zh-tw?/sign/04141
Embedding Licensing in Tsou
日期：2025-04-14 10:00~12:00
主講人：張永利 研究員
會議地點：中央研究院人文社會科學館(南棟5樓519會議室)
摘要
Embedding Licensing in Tsou
Henry Y. Chang
Academia Sinica
Updated 24 March 2025
This presentation investigates the licensing of embedded clauses and the
distribution of empty categories within Tsou, with a particular focus on its
infinitive licensing mechanisms. Tsou exhibits two distinct types of
infinitival constructions: Type I, wherein the matrix and embedded verbs
demonstrate co-variation in their Voice values, and Type II, characterized by
a preference for the embedded verb to appear in the Actor Voice (AV), while
the matrix verb occurs in the NonActor Voice (NAV). Lin (2015, 2017)
categorize Type I as Concordant Serial Verb Constructions (CSVCs) and Type II
as Nonconcordant Serial Verb Constructions (NCSVCs), positing that NCSVCs
manifest a higher degree of event integration relative to CSVCs. However, Lin'
s analysis raises two unresolved questions: Firstly, how does a concordant (
unifying) structure, marked by Voice agreement, exhibit lower event
integration than its nonconcordant (nonunifying) counterpart? It is noteworthy
that CSVCs are argued to involve restructuring (i.e., complementation) (Chang
2014), whereas NCSVCs are posited to lack such restructuring (Chang 2017,
2024). Secondly, why does an allegedly less integrated (dependent) embedded
clause, subject to stricter grammatical constraints, exhibit a greater degree
of restriction than its allegedly more integrated (dependent) counterpart? It
should be emphasized that Voice Concord represents a more stringent
grammatical requirement than default AV marking. To address these analytical
puzzles, this study situates them within a broader framework of embedding
licensing (cf. Kiparsky & Kiparsky 1970; Grimshaw 1979; Bresnan 1982; Givón
1980, 2001, 2009; Noonan 1985) and endeavors to formulate a comprehensive
theory of embedding licensing, drawing upon insights from Generative Syntax (
Chomsky 1981; Rizzi 1990; Landau 2000; Wurmbrand 2024; Pesetsky 2021) and
Cognitive/Functional Grammar (Givón 2009). This investigation aims to provide
a robust account for the aforementioned puzzles in Tsou and contribute to the
development of a more refined theory of embedding licensing in general.
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