日本語の「のだ」に対応する中エジプト語の形態pw
スポンサーリンク
概要
- 論文の詳細を見る
In Middle Egyptian, bipartite nominal A pw sentences such as R pw (“He is Re”) are very common. Furthermore, entire sentences can be embedded into these constructions (S pw-constructions). The purpose of this paper is to define the syntactic and semantic properties of the S pw-constructions by comparing them with those of the Japanese no da-constructions.The following is a summary of the main conclusions in this paper.(1) The S pw-constructions form a grammatical category corresponding syntactically and semantically to the Japanese no da-constructions, which express explanatory modality.(2) The semantic functions of the S pw-constructions fall into four subdivisions.i) The speaker/writer (S/W) presents a state of affairs described by the embedded sentence (Q) to the hearer/reader (H/R); Q is related to the preceding context (P).ex. ir dd=f ny nh=f pw (Ebers 97 13)Moshi kare-ga “ny” to iu naraba, kare-wa ikiru no da.If he says “ny”, this means that he will live.ii) S/W presents Q to H/R; Q is not related to P.ex. s pw wn(w) (Peas. R1. 1)(Katsute hitori no) otoko-ga ita no da.There was (once) a man.iii) S/W understands Q; Q is related to P.ex. Then I heard a thunderclap.ib. kwi w _??_ w pw n w _??_ d-wr (Sh. S. 57-59)Watashi-wa, umi no nami na no da to kangaete imashita.I thought the cause was a wave of the sea.iv) S/W understands Q; Q is not related to P.ex. gm. n=i hf _??_ w pw iw=f m iit (Sh. S. 61-62)Watashi-wa, hebi-ga yatte kite iru no da to kizukimashita.I noticed that a snake was coming.(3) The morph pw of the S pw-constructions is not an anaphoric demonstrative pronoun, but an expletive serving only to provide a nominal slot for embedding an entire sentence.