1st Edition

The Syntax of Possession in Japanese

By Takae Tsujioka Copyright 2002
176 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 2002. This volume is part of the 'Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics' series. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the syntax of possession expressions in Japanese at the sentential level. It starts with a background of possessive syntax and illustrates how Japanese presents us with an interesting case study of possessive syntax

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theoretical Assumptions; Chapter 3 Nominal and Clausal Possessives; Chapter 4 E-possessive and Locative; Chapter 5 The Structures of Possessors; Chapter 6 Inalienable Possession Construction with ‘do’;

Biography

Takae Tsujioka, edited by Laurence Horn Yale University