Complex Predicates in Japanese

375 Pages·2018·26.388 MB·English

by  Chiharu Uda Kikuta

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
JAPANESE LINGUISTICS
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COMPLEX PREDICATES
IN JAPANESE

COMPLEX PREDICATES
IN JAPANESE
CHIHARU UDA KIKUTA
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COMPLEX PREDICATES
IN JAPANESE
CHIHARU UDA
GARLAND PUBLISHING, INc.
NEW YORK & LONDON I 1994
Copyright © 1994 by Chiharu U da
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ucla, Chiharu, 1964-
Complex predicates in Japanese I Chiharu Ucla.
p. em.- (Outstanding dissertations in linguistics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8153-1698-4 (alk. paper)
1. Japanese language-Verb phrase. 2. Japanese language-Passive
voice. 3. Japanese language-Causative. I. Title. II. Series.
PL597.P52U33 1994
495.6'5-dc20 93-45593
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Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations and Symbols xiii
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework 7
2.1 Overview of Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar 7
2.1.1 Linguistic Expression as Sign 7
2.1.2 Immediate Dominance Schemata 15
2.1.3 Lexical Rules 18
2.1.4 Control Structures 19
2.2 Semantic Roles and Thematic Role Types 24
2.2.1 Significance of Thematic Roles to Syntactic Issues 25
2.2.2 Problems with the Discrete Thematic Role Approach
and the Relative Position Approach 27
2.2.3 Proto-Role Approach 29
2.3 Basic Sentence Structures and Configurationality of Japanese 32
2.4 Case Marking in Japanese 36
2.4.1 Case Marking Schemata in Japanese 36
2.5 Reflexive Binding in Japanese 40
2.5.1 Obliqueness Binding 40
2.5.2 Zibun Binding in Japanese 42
2.5.3 Obliqueness Binding for Japanese Reflexives 44
2.5.4 Thematic Binding for Japanese Reflexives 47
Chapter 3: Passive Constructions 65
3.1 Introduction 65
3.2 Three Types of Passive in Japanese 67
3.2.1 Direct Passives and Indirect Passives 67
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3.2.2 Possessive Passives 76
3.3 Previous Analyses of Passives in Japanese 80
3.3.1 Transformational Approaches 82
3.3.2 Lexicalist Approaches 84
3.3.3 Movement Approaches: Without Verb Incorporation 87
3.3.4 Movement Approaches: With Verb Incorporation 93
3.3.5 Phrase Structure Approaches 99
3.3.6 Summary of Previous Studies 103
3.4 Lexical Passives and Syntactic Passives 105
3.4.1 Direct Passives as Lexical Passives 106
3.4.2 Indirect Passives as Syntactic Passives 116
3.4.3 Evidence for the Present Approach 119
3.5 Possessive Passives as Lexical Passives 130
3.5.1 Evidence Against NP Movement in Possessive
Passives 131
3.5.2 TI1e Lexical Rule for Possessive Passives 135
3.6 Double Passivization 142
3.7 On Case Distribution 144
3.8 Conclusion 150
3.8.1 Independence and Interdependence of Morphology
and Syntax 150
3.8.2 Suppression of an Argument 151
3.8.3 Uniformity in CONTENT 152
Chapter 4: Benefactive Constructions 173
4.1 Introduction 173
4.2 Syntactic Parallels between Passives and Benefactives 173
4.2.1 Three Types of Te-Moraw Benefactives 174
4.2.2 Do-Support Phenomena 179
4.3 Previous Analyses of Te-Moraw Benefactives 180
4.4 Analysis of Te-Moraw Benefactives Paralleling Passives 186
4.5 Evidence against the Parallelism 191
4.5.1 Morpheme Order in Subject Honorification 191
4.5.2 Semantic Properties of the Matrix Subject 198
4.5 .3 Implications of the Semantic Underspecification 205
4.6 Tiuee Types of Japanese Benefactives 208
4.7 Conclusion 218
Chapter 5: Causative Constructions 229
5.1 Introduction 229
Contents vii
5.2 Two Types of Causatives in Japanese 230
5.2.1 Intransitive-Based Causatives 231
5.2.2 Transitive-Based Causatives 231
5.2.3 Wa-Causatives and Ni-Causatives 234
5.3 Previous Analyses of Japanese Causatives 238
5.3.1 Tra11sformational Approaches 238
5.3.2 Lexicalist Approaches 240
5.3.3 Movement Approaches 241
5.3.4 Argument Structure Merger Approaches 246
5.3.5 Phrase Structure Approaches 248
5.4 Lexical Causatives and Syntactic Causatives 249
5.4.1 Wa-Causatives as Lexical Causatives 250
5.4.2 Ni-Causatives as Syntactic Control Structures 256
5.5 In Defense of the Present Approach 261
5.5 .1 Coerciveness and Self-Controllability 262
5.5.2 Passivized Causatives and the Coercive Interpretation 266
5.5.3 Biclausality of Causatives 269
5.6 More Supporting Evidence for the Present Approach 275
5.6.1 Evidence from Do-Support 276
5.6.2 Subject Honorification with Causatives 277
5.6.3 Object Honorification with Causatives 283
5.7 A Third Type of Causatives 288
5.7.1 Passive Causatives 289
5.7.2 Faire Par Construction 291
5.7.3 Causatives with the Function of Passives 293
5.7.4 Passive-Type Causatives Based on a Transitive Verb 295
5.8 Conclusion 298
Chapter 6: Conclusion 315
Bibliography 327
Index 351