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A Study on the Accusative Subject of Complex Sentence in Manchu

  • Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • 2017, 74(3), pp.49-80
  • DOI : 10.17326/jhsnu.74.3.201708.49
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : June 30, 2017
  • Accepted : July 26, 2017
  • Published : August 31, 2017

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to clarify the environment of the accusative subject phenomenon by giving careful consideration to this phenomenon in complex sentences in Manchu. The accusative subject phenomenon is not essential in Manchu, but it is widely used in complex sentences, especially in quotations. The accusative subject appears in the subject of the lower sentence to avoid semantic confusion when the subject of the higher sentence differs from the subject of the lower sentence. If the subject of the higher sentence doesn’t appear, the accusative subject of the lower sentence appears optionally. This phenomenon can be attributed to the fact that be plays a role in distinguishing subjects from other elements in sentences and the fact that be appears optionally unless the object is defined or is in a marked position in the sentence in transitive sentences.

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