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Title: The Role of Complementizers in Verb Classification in Thai


1
The Role of Complementizers in Verb
Classification in Thai
  • Amara PrasithrathsintChulalongkorn
    UniversityBangkok, ThailandAmara.Pr_at_chula.ac.th

2
Introduction
  • What is a complementizer?
  • The term "complementiser" was apparently first
    used by Rosenbaum (1967).
  • A complementizer is defined here as
  • a syntactic category/function word that marks a
    complement clause, which is an argument of a
    matrix verb e.g. that
  • I think that he will leave tomorrow.

3
Complemenizer and complement clause
  • I think that he will leave tomorrow.
  • Complement clause an argument of the matrix
    verb think.
  • Complement clause Sentential complement

4
Types of complementizers in English
  • that as a complementizer
  • that, for-to and poss-ing (gerund).(Akmajian
    1977)
  • to-infinitive, bare infinitive, participle,
    whether/if, wh-word
  • Altogether there are eight complementizers in
    English.

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Complementizers in English
  • (1) to-infinitive Its easy to park your car
    here.
  • (2) for-to infinitive Its important for us
    to get there first.
  • (3) bare infinitive I saw him enter the
    building
  • (4) participle I saw him entering the
    building
  • (5) poss-ing / gerund I always enjoyed his/him
    singing that song.
  • (6) that-clause I saw that he entered the
    building
  • (7) whether/if-clause I dont know whether he
    entered the building.
  • (8) wh-constructions I dont know who entered
    the building

6
Complementizers and verb classification--French
  • verbs in French related to infinitival complement
    clauses 1) perception verbs, and 2) causation
    verbs (Archard (1998 93-94).
  • (10) Jai vu partir Paul. (perception)
  • I saw Paul leave.
  • (11) Marie fait danser Paul. (causation)
  • Mary makes Paul dance.

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Complementizers and verb classification--French
  • Verbs of volition, verbs of declaration, and
    verbs of thoughts and beliefs are compatible with
    que (that)-complement clauses
  • (12) Je veux que je sois en mesure de partir de?s
    demain. (volition)
  • I want that I be in a position to
    leave as early as tomorrow.
  • (13) Paul dit que Marie est belle. (declaration)
  • Paul says that Mary is beautiful.
  • (14) Je pense que Jai compris le proble?me.
    (thought)
  • I think I understand the problem.

8
Complementizers and verbs in Thai (Higbie
Thinsan 2003 84-85)
  • (15) man ma?y ci? thi?i cha?n ra?k kha?w
  • it not true Comp I love him
  • It is not true that I love him
  • (16) man ma?y ci? wa?a cha?n ra?k kha?w
  • it not true Comp I love him
  • It is not true that I love him
  • (17) man ma?y ci? thi?i- wa?a cha?n ra?k kha?w
  • it not true Comp I love him
  • It is not true that I love him

9
Complementizers and verbs in Thai (Iwasaki
Ingkaphirom 2005 255-268)
  • Verbs showing evaluation and emotion
  • (18) pho?m dii-cay thi?i da?y pho?b khun
  • I (m.) be glad Comp.get meet
    you
  • I am glad to meet you.
  • Verbs of speech and cognition
  • (19) kha?w phu?ut wa?a khun pen khon dii
  • he say Comp. you be person
    good
  • He says that you are a good person.
  • (20) kha?w khi?t wa?a khun pen khon dii
  • he think Comp. you be person
    good
  • He thinks that you are a good person.

10
Summary of the review of previous studies
  • In Thai, three complementizers are mentioned, but
    ha?y is not recognized.
  • There has been some attempt to sub-categorize
    verbs in Thai according to the complementizers
    they occur with, but there is no in-depth
    analysis.
  • Several types of complementizers are recognized
    in English and French.

11
Problems that remain
  • Is ha?y, which is ignored by most linguists, a
    complementizer in Thai?
  • Is it possible to classify verbs according to the
    complementizers that occur with them?
  • How are the verb classes different semantically ?

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Problems that remain
  • How are the complementizers different from one
    another. What are their cognitive meanings?
  • Are there any verbs that are compatible with more
    than one complementizer? If so, do they have
    different meanings when they occur with different
    complementizers?

13
Purpose and Hypothesis
  • To identify complementizers in Thai
  • To find out the conditions of their occurrence
    with verbs.
  • Hypotheses Three complementizers are identified.
    They have different cognitive values, which
    classify the verbs into three groups with
    different meanings.

14
Data
  • Data from a corpus of standard Thai, about
    three-million words long.

15
Analysis
  • Cooccurrences of complementizers and verbs
  • Cognitive semantic approach to the interpretation
    of meanings.

16
Findings--The three complementizers
  • grammaticalized words.
  • ha?y to give
  • wa?a to say
  • thi?i place

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The three complementizers
  • ha?y
  • (21)kha?w ha?y na??-s???? cha?n
  • he give book I
  • he gave me a book.
  • (22)kha?w sa?? ha?y cha?n na?? lo?
  • he order Comp I sit down
  • He ordered me to sit down.

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The three complementizers
  • wa?a
  • (23) khun wa?a aray na?
  • you say what Prt.
  • What did you say?
  • (24) cha?n khi?t wa?a khun khuan yu?t
  • I think Comp you should stop
  • I think that you should stop.

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The three complementizers
  • thi?i
  • (25)cha?n kh?y maa thi?i h??? ni?i l????w
  • I used to come place CLS.this alreadly
  • I have been to this place before.
  • (26)cha?n si?a-cay thi?i khun ma?y maa
  • I be sad Comp you not come
  • I was sad that you did not show up.

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Verb classification in Thai
  • Directive verbs (ha?y-verbs)
  • Communicative verbs (wa?a-verbs)
  • Emotive verbs (thi?i-verbs)

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Directive verbs (ha?y-verbs)
  • verbs signifying making people do what the one
    wants.
  • 1) verbs of causation, e.g., pen-he?et to
    cause, pli?an to change
  • 2) verbs of pressure. There is some sense of
    pressure at different levels, such as sa?? to
    order, ri?ak-r???? to demand, m???p-ma?ay to
    assign.
  • (See the appendix for the list of ha?y-verbs)

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Directive verbs (ha?y-verbs)
  • (27) kha?w pli?an ha?y thu?k-ya?a? dii kh??n
  • he change Comp everything good rise
  • He changed to make everything better,
  • (28) prachachon ri?ak-r???? ha?y nayo?k laa-???k
  • people demand Comp PM resign
  • The people demand that the Prime Minister
    resign.

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Communicative verbs (wa?a-verbs)
  • verbs expressing or communicating ideas,
    information, and opinions. The complementizer
    wa?a signifies quotation.
  • 1) verbs of saying, such as phu?ut to say,
    athi?baay to explain, tha?am to ask
  • 2) verbs of thinking and cognition, such as khi?t
    think, ru?u to know
  • 3) verbs of feeling, such as klua fear,
    ma?n-cay to be confident
  • 4) verbs of seeing, e.g. duu to look at,
    ca?p-taa to watch
  • 5) verbs of hearing, e.g. da?y-yin to hear
  • 6) verbs of acting, e.g., se?e-s????????????
    to pretend. (See a list of these verbs in the
    appendix.)

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Communicative verbs (wa?a-verbs)
  • (29)kha?w phu?ut wa?a thu?k-ya?a? diik
    h??n l???w
  • he speak Comp everything good rise already
  • He said that everything had been better
    (improved).
  • (30)kha?w ru?u wa?a thu?k-ya?a? dii
    kh??n l???w
  • he know Comp everything good rise already
  • He knew that everything had been better
    (improved).
  • (31)kha?w ma?n-cay wa?a thu?k-ya?a?
    dii kh??n l???w
  • he confident Comp everything good rise alrea
    dy
  • He was confident that everything had been
    better .

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Communicative verbs (wa?a-verbs)
  • (32)kha?w he?n wa?a thu?k-ya?a?
    dii kh??n l???w
  • he saw Comp everything good rise already
  • He saw that everything had been better
    (improved).
  • (33)kha?w da?y-yin wa?a thu?k-ya?a? dii kh??n l???
    w
  • he hear Comp everything good rise already
  • He heard that everything had been better
    (improved).
  • (34)kha?w se?e-s???????????? wa?a thu?k-ya?a?
    dii kh??n l???w
  • he pretend Comp everything good
    rise already
  • He pretended that everything had been better
    (improved).

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Emotive verbs (thi?i-verbs)
  • verbs concerning emotions or mental activities.
  • 1) verbs of feeling, such as dii-cay to be
    glad, si?a-cay to be sad, pala?at-cay to be
    surprised,
  • 2) verbs of intention, e.g. ta??-cay to intend,
    wa?? to hope,
  • 3) verbs of mental character, e.g. ci?-cay to
    be sincere, cay-yen to be cool-hearted,
  • 4) verbs of possibility (assessed in the mind),
    e.g. pen-pay-da?ay to be possible, sadu?ak to
    be convenient. Note that all the verbs with cay
    heart as a component fall into this category.
    (See the appendix.)

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Emotive verbs (thi?i-verbs)
  • (35)kha?w dii-cay thi?i cha?n s???p pha?an
  • he be pleased Comp I take exam pass
  • He was pleased that I passed the exam.
  • (36)kha?w ta??-cay thi?i ca ?b???k cha?n k???n
    khon ???n
  • he intend Comp will tell I before people
    other
  • He intended to tell me before other people.

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Emotive verbs (thi?i-verbs)
  • (37)kha?w cay-yen ma?ak thi?I r?? cha?n s????
    chu?a-moo?
  • he cool-hearted veryComp wait I two hours.
  • He was so cool-hearted that he waited for me for
    two hours.
  • (38) pen-pay-da?ay thi?I cha?n ca? s???p
    pha?an
  • possible Comp I will take exam pass
  • It is possible that I will pass the exam.

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Overlapping
  • Some verbs can occur with more than one
    complementizer.
  • However, they have different meanings.
  • Each complementizer has its own cognitive
    meaning, which influences the meaning of the verb
    in the main clause.

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Overlapping
  • (39 a) kha?w phu?ut ha?y khun pen khon dii
  • he speak Comp you be person good
  • He spoke (persuaded) for you to be a good
    person.
  • (39 b) kha?w phuut wa?a khun pen khon dii
  • he speak Comp you be person good
  • He said that you were a good person.

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Overlapping
  • (40 a) kha?w wa?? wa?a (kha?w) ca? t???-?aan
    ka?p th??
  • he hope Comp he will marry with her. He hopes
    that he will marry her.
  • (40 b)kha?w wa?? thi?i ca? t???-?aan ka?p
    th??
  • he hope Comp will go marry with her
  • He hopes to marry her.

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Conclusion
  • The three complementizers in Thai, ha?y, wa?a,
    thi?i, occur with different verbs.
  • In other words, they classify verbs in Thai into
    three main groups directive, communicative, and
    emotive verbs.
  • The verbs are not exclusively divided. Some can
    actually occur with more than one complementizer.
  • However, they signify different meanings
    conditioned by the meaning of each
    complementizer i.e., ha?y suggests forcing or
    pressure, wa?a suggests something quoted, and
    thi?i implies the meaning of mental state.
  • A further study needs to be done on the syntactic
    characteristics of a complement clause with each
    of the complementizers.

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