The passive in Japanese: a cartographic minimalist approach
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ishizuka, Tomoko 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. 2012
Series:Linguistik aktuell 192
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
This book describes and analyzes the passive voice system in Japanese within the framework of generative grammar. By unifying different types of passives conventionally distinguished within the literature, the book advances a simple minimalist account where various passive characteristics emerge from the lexical properties of a single passive morpheme interacting with independently-supported syntactic principles and general properties of Japanese. The book both reevaluates numerous properties previously discussed within the literature and introduces interesting new data collected through experiments. This novel analysis also benefits from considering the important issue of interspeaker variability, in terms of grammaticality judgments and context requirements, and its implications for individual grammar. The book will be of interest not only to students and scholars working on passive constructions, but more generally to scholars working on generative grammar, experimental syntax, language acquisition, and sentence processing
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 249 Seiten)
ISBN:1283594285
9027273480
9781283594288
9789027273482

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text