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Syntax and Semantics: Structure and Case Marking in Japanese

Name: Syntax and Semantics: Structure and Case Marking in Japanese
Author: Shigeru Miyagawa
ISBN: 9780126135220

by Shigeru Miyagawa

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Overview

Arguments and Adjuncts.
Numeral Quantifiers and Thematic Relations.
Ergative Construction.
Paradigmatic Structures and the Causatives.
A Uniform Approach to the Passive.
Historical Development of the Accusative Case Marker.
References.
Index.

Structure and Case Marking in Japanese provides an extensive analysis of the syntax and morphology of Japanese within the theoretical framework of Government-Binding theory. It is, in fact, the first book in which the Government-Binding theory is applied to Japanese. It will be of interest to all.