| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
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| Research Abstract |
1.This research project showed what kinds of relative clause constructions were found in 14 Polynesian languages (Cook Island Maori, Easter Island language, Hawaiian, Luangiuan, Maori, Marquesan, Pileni, Rennellese/Bellonese, Samoan, Tahitian, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tavaluan, West-Futuna-Aniwan).
2.Relative clause constructions found in Polynesian languages can be classified into 7 types (the gap type, the personal pronoun type, the anaphoric particle type, relative clause constructions with a possessive subject, relative clause constructions without a head noun, the postposed demonstrative type, and the actor emphatic type). Moreover, they can be classified into two categories (relative clause constructions formed from a verbal predicate and relative clause constructions formed from a nominal predicate).
3.Some types of relative clause constructions are found in most Polynesian languages, while others are found only in a few Polynesian languages. For example, the gap type can be found in many languages all over Polynesia, while the actor emphatic type can be found only in a few languages spoken in Eastern Polynesia.
4.In most types of Polynesian relative clause constructions, there is no element which is unique to relative clause constructions. Therefore, we cannot decide whether a certain structure is a relative clause construction or not without looking at the whole sentence. However, the combination <ARTICLE + TENSE ASPECT MARKER> found in relative clause constructions without a head noun is unique to relative clause constructions.
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