A non-uniform approach to Japanese passives.
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TextDescription: 39 pSubject(s): Language, Linguistics | 0290Dissertation note: Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1999. Summary: Japanese passive construction has been one of the most problematic topics because there seems to be more than one type of passive, some of which go counter to some of the universal characterization of passives. Some people treat them uniformly and others, non-uniformly.Summary: This paper first provides a clear description of the various types of Japanese passives; by comparing and contrasting them with regard to several properties. It then analyzes them on a syntactic level by proposing a new non-uniform approach. It claims that there are two main types of passives, one of which has a subtype, and that the two types have different syntactic structure; one involves NP-movement, the other, VP embedding. It further investigates the structure of the third type of passives. The historical correlation of those various passive constructions with several other constructions with the same morpheme, however, remains uncertain.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 38-02, page: 0329.
Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1999.
Japanese passive construction has been one of the most problematic topics because there seems to be more than one type of passive, some of which go counter to some of the universal characterization of passives. Some people treat them uniformly and others, non-uniformly.
This paper first provides a clear description of the various types of Japanese passives; by comparing and contrasting them with regard to several properties. It then analyzes them on a syntactic level by proposing a new non-uniform approach. It claims that there are two main types of passives, one of which has a subtype, and that the two types have different syntactic structure; one involves NP-movement, the other, VP embedding. It further investigates the structure of the third type of passives. The historical correlation of those various passive constructions with several other constructions with the same morpheme, however, remains uncertain.
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