| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
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| Research Abstract |
It is well known from the literature that VO word order characteristics are found in Gagauz, Karaim, and other Turkic languages, especially in spoken varieties. However, it has not been fully clarified that Balkan-Turkish has some VO properties.
This research project proposes that on-going word-order change occurs in some languages, especially in bilingual situations. Linguistic materials I submitted are such exanples from Balkan-Turkish, BuIgariarr-Gagauz and Moldovan Gagauz, which I collected during my fieldwork done in 2000-2001. Some of these examples show the same VO word order characteristics, and some specific constructions (such as post-predicate purpose clause or postposed dative marked infinitive etc.) can be characterized as VO properties.
In this research project, I proposed further VO characteristics that have not been discussed individually. The VO characteristics should be captured in a prototypical manner as in the subject definition in linguistic typology. In other words, we have to investigate to what extent the target language has VO characteristics or OV characteristics. This research project is an attempt to answer these problems.
It can be also said that Bulgarian-Gagauz is not the only language that undergoes Slavic (VO) influences in its syntax. Balkan-Turkish also experiences VO influences even in spoken discourse. This type of word order change often occurs in dative marked infinitive constructions. We can conclude that Bulgarian-Gagauz has more VO characteristics than Balkan-Turkish.
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