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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/52607

The Function of Three Perfective Forms -Xei, -Xeŋe, -Xe and a Clause Hierarchy : Why Only -Xe May Occur in Adnominal Clauses?

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2013-03-25

Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University

Northern Language Studies

3

155-174

In Sibe, the perfective aspect of verbs may occur in three forms: -Xei, -Xeŋe, and -Xe. Although all of these three forms occur as predicates of main clauses, only -Xe may occur in adnominal clauses. This paper attempts to give an explanation for this syntactic peculiarity from the functional characteristics of -Xe in main clauses, and argues that, 1) -Xei and -Xeŋe have some function of knowledge management of the speaker and the hearer, whereas -Xe does not. 2) -Xei and -Xeŋe cannot occur in adnominal clause because knowledge management in discourse is only possible taking more-independent clauses (main clauses, complement clauses and nominal clauses) as a unit and not taking less-independent ones (adnominal clauses and adverbial clauses) as a unit.

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2185-7121

AA12516968