Title

On Noun Phrase Strucutres in Paiwan

Author

Chih-chen Jane Tang, Yung-li Chang, Dah-an Ho

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common noun, proper noun, pronoun, wh-word, case marker, relative clause

Abstract

      This is paper studies noun phrase structures in Paiwan in terms of X-bar theory. The issues under consideration include noun-class markers, case markers, relative clause, etc. some of the important findings are (A) nouns are marked with distinct prefixes indicating their class; (B) the noun-class prefixes of person names are fused with case markers to form a special type of case markers; (C) case markers may denote referential properties; and (D) pronominal relative clauses are syntactically and semantically different from postnominal ones.