Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper presents a monoclausal, multipredicate analysis of Japanese causatives, adopting the fundamental assumptions of Relational Grammar. Evidence is provided for the existence of two distinct classes of causatives, distinguished on the basis of the agentivity of the matrix subject. It is also demonstrated that the surface case marking of the causee is constrained by its relative status to the matrix subject with respect to a set of Proto-Agent entailments (as proposed in Dowty 1991).
Publication Info
Published in Journal of Linguistics, Volume 30, Issue 1, 1994, pages 43-79.
Dubinsky, S. (1994). Predicate union and the syntax of Japanese causatives. Journal of Linguistics, 30(1), 43-79.
Copyright © 1994 Cambridge University Press. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=LIN
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Dubinsky, S. (1994). Predicate union and the syntax of Japanese causatives. Journal of Linguistics, 30(1), 43-79.
Copyright © 1994 Cambridge University Press. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=LIN