Predicate Union and the Syntax of Japanese Causatives.

Dubinsky, Stanley

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ERIC Number: EJ497687

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Publication Date: 1994

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Predicate Union and the Syntax of Japanese Causatives.

Dubinsky, Stanley

Journal of Linguistics, v30 n1 p43-79 Mar 1994

Presents a monoclausal, multipredicate analysis of Japanese causatives, adopting the fundamentals of Relational Grammar. Two classes of causatives, distinguished by the matrix subject's agentivity, exist. The surface case marking of the causee is constrained by its relationship to the matrix subject with respect to a set of Proto-Agent entailments. (30 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Function Words, Japanese, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Structural Grammar, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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