Decomposing vP and Its Empirical Consequences: Indonesian -Kan Revisited

• 발행기관: 한국생성문법학회
• 저자명: Hyun Kyoung Jung
• 간행물 정보: 『생성문법연구』제29권 제2호, 177~210쪽, 전체 34쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.04.30

영문 초록

This paper provides a novel account of the Indonesian suffix-kan. The syntactic behaviors of -kan in Bahasa Indonesia are best explained under the causative and applicative typology that derives from the fine-grained verb structure consisting of root, verbalizer, and Voice (Pylkkänen 2002; 2008, Harley 2013b, among others). In particular, I show that -kan can either occupy the high Appl(icative) head or the vCAUS head of verb-selecting causative, depending on its (in)ability to introduce a new argument. Consequently, the suffix -kan denotes either a benefactive or causative interpretation. A wide range of evidence converges to support the present analysis. On the one hand, the various types of verbal roots—nonpossessive transitive, static, and unergative roots—associated with benefactive -kan qualify it as typical high Appl head. On the other, the adjunct status of the Causee, patterns with adjunct modification, and the productivity exhibited by causative -kan classify it as the verb-selecting causative type.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical Assumptions

3. The Typology of Causatives and Applicatives

4. The Syncretic -Kan Explained

5. Earlier Accounts of Indonesian -Kan

6. Tying up Loose Ends and Remaining Questions

7. Conclusions

키워드

Indonesian -kan causative applicative Voice argument structure