Serial Verb Construction in Amis

Abstract

本文從語意關係與語法表徵相互影響的觀點，探究阿美語的連動結構。阿美語是臺灣南島語的一支，使用者主要分佈於花蓮縣至臺東縣一帶，並包含屏東縣的一小塊區域。本文的語料採自阿美語的中部方言。文中闡述，在包含不同種類動詞的連動結構中，由動詞所表示的事件╱狀態之間，在語意關係上具有緊密到鬆散的連續性質，此種語意緊密－鬆散之關係亦可見於在語法結構上。文末以一緊密－鬆散之連續圖來呈現此種語意與語法間的相互對應。

This study examines the serial verb construction in Amis, a Formosan language, in terms of the interface between semantic relationship and syntactic manifestations. In this study, we demonstrate that, in the serial verb construction with different types of verbs, various degrees of tightness existing between events and participants are reflected syntactically. Such correspondence is displayed in a semantic/syntactic tight/loose continuum postulated at the end of this paper.