1. The purpose of this study is to clarify the morphological properties and synatactic constraints of conditional sentences and to explain them in terms of speech act theory.
I establish conditional endings that constitute the conditional sentences a...
1. The purpose of this study is to clarify the morphological properties and synatactic constraints of conditional sentences and to explain them in terms of speech act theory.
I establish conditional endings that constitute the conditional sentences as follows.
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2. Morphemic reanalysis and constraints of morpheme combination
2.1. Morphemic reanalysis Conditional endings are classified as follows.
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Compound-conditional endings are reanalized into final endings - '-ta', -la', '-ca', '-ulye' and pre-final endings - '-nu-', '-te-' and derivational-conditional endings are reanlaized into particles - '-ullang', '-un', '-man'.
2.2. Constraints of morpheme combination
(1) Conditional endings, '-eya' and '-eto' can not be combined with the interrogative ending '-nya', the final endings, '-ketun', '-eya', and '-eto' can not with the Prospective tense-aspect ending 'te'.
(2) Complex tense-aspect endings can not be combined with conditional endings because of morphological, semantic and pragmatic constraints.
(3) Of particles, case particles, conjunctive particles and sentence-final particles can not be combined with conditional endings. Most of auxiliary particles (delimiters) can not be combined with conditional endings, but '-ullang', '-man' and '-ya' can be.
3. Constraints of Conditional Sentences
3.1. Constraints of subjects are as follows
(1) The subject of antecedent has no special constraints but the scope of indication should be restricted.
(2) In general, the subject of consequent has no constraints, but in sentences with '-ketun', <-animate> subject, first-person pronoun, and third-person pronoun, can not be used as a subject.
(3) The subjects of antecedent and consequent are optionally identical. In case of identical subject, the subject can not appear on the surface structure, and consequently one of them should be deleted or replaced.
(4) In case of deletion,. either the subject of antecedent or the subject of consequent can be deleted, but the deletion of the consequent subject is preferred. And both subjects can be deleted.
(5) In case of replacement, both the forward pronominalization and the backward reflexivization are allowed. But in sentences with '- ketun' they can not be allowed.
(6) The subject of consequent can not be moved into the position before the subject of antecedent.
In general, movement takes place in the case of non-identical subjects. In the case of same subjects, reflexivization should occur after the movement of subject.
3.2. Constraints of predicates are as follows
(1) The active-predicates can be used both in antecedents and in consequents.
(2) The stative-predicates can not be used with intentional endings. In sentences with '-ketun' they can not be used only in consequents.
(3) Copula have no constraints in antecedents, but in sentences with '-ketun' they can not be used in consequents.
(4) The self-judgement predicates can be used in antecedents regardless of presons, but can not be used in consequents with '-ketun'.
(5) The identical active-predicates can be used.
(6) The identical stative-predicates and copula can not be used in the sentences with '-ketun'.
(7) The forward proverbalization takes places when the identical predicates exhist.
3.3. Constraints of moods are as follows
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These constraints can be explained by Illocutionary Forse Indication Devices.
(1) The constraints of declarative mood of '-ketun' can be explained by preparatory rules and sincerity rules.
(2) The constraints of interrogative mood of '-ketun' can be explained by preparatory rules and essential rules.
(3) The constraints of imperative mood of '-eya' can be explained by preparatory rules.
3.4. Constraints of tense-aspects
[1] Constraints of consequents are as follows
(1) The Present tense-aspect can be used regardless of the tense-aspect of antecedents.
(2) The Retrospect tense-aspect can not be used in cases of the tense-aspect of Complete and Indetermined.
(3) The Complete tense-aspect can not be used in sentences with ketun'.
(4) The Indetermined tense-aspect can not be used when the antecedents are indetermined.
[2] The inter-relationships of tense-aspects are as follows
(1) The relationship of antecedent = consequent does not appear in the antecedent with Indetermined and in the sentences with '-ketun'.
(2) The relationship of antecedent > consequent does appear in the antecedents with Present and Complete, but does not appear in the antecedents with Indetermined except in the sentences with '-ketun'.
(3) The relationship of antecedent < consequent does appear without any constraints.
[3] Inter-relationship represents semantic properties of conditional sentences. They are as follows.
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4. Speech acts of conditional sentences are as follows.
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5. This study deals with the morphological, syntactic, and pragmatical properties of conditional sentences in microscopic manner.
In this, I also attempt to establish some relationships between grammatical phenomena and pragmatic property. I illustrate some of them as follows.
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I am not concerned with the problem whether these properties can be applied to specific phenomena of conditionals or can be generalized into overall phenomena of conjuctive sentences.
I hope the problem will be solved through the further studies of other sub-catagories such as concessives, contrasts and causals.