The structural ambiguity of the (im)perfective [V-ko iss-] in KoreanSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 27 - Trang 377-411 - 2018
Hee-Rahk Chae
Korean [… V-ko iss-] expressions are well-known for their ambiguity between a progressive meaning (P-reading) and resultative meaning (R-reading). Depending on the properties of the verbs in the V position, we can divide them into three groups: those with only a P-reading, those with only an R-reading, and those with both P- and R-readings. Many previous analyses have assumed that there is only on...... hiện toàn bộ
Control complements in Mandarin Chinese: implications for restructuring and the Chinese finiteness debateSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 27 - Trang 347-376 - 2018
Nick Huang
Many proposals on restructuring suggest that restructuring phenomena are only observed when a control predicate takes as a complement a functional projection smaller than a clause. In this paper, I present novel Mandarin data against recent proposals that restructuring control predicates cannot take clausal complements and the related generalization that clausal complements always block restructur...... hiện toàn bộ
Internally Headed Relative Clauses in Japanese and E-Type AnaphoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 147-182 - 1999
Junko Shimoyama
This paper examines the so-called internally headed relative clause construction in Japanese, with particular focus on new data that involve quantificational NPs and wh-phrases. The data provide arguments for representations in which the internal head remains internal at LF. Furthermore, it is shown that the interpretation of this construction involves E-type anaphora, providing evidence for Hoshi...... hiện toàn bộ
Apparent Parasitic Gaps and Null Arguments in Japanese*Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 1-35 - 2006
Daiko Takahashi
The purpose of this article is twofold: first, it aims to point out that though what appear to be parasitic gaps exist in Japanese, they behave differently from their English counterpart in crucial ways; second, it argues that the existence of those apparent parasitic gaps in Japanese is closely related to the possibility of null arguments in the language. The argument crucially relies on the prop...... hiện toàn bộ
‘Multiple Sluicing’ in Japanese and the Functional Nature of wh-PhrasesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 7 - Trang 121-152 - 1998
Taisuke Nishigauchi
This article discusses the syntax and LF properties of ‘Multiple Sluicing’ in Japanese. Built on the LF-Copying analysis, we examine the condition imposed on the elements figuring in the IP-Copying site, and show the relevance of the functional interpretation of wh phrases. We also look at some quantificational properties of multiple wh questions. Finally, the possibility of ‘Multiple Sluicing’ in...... hiện toàn bộ
AnnouncementSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 30 - Trang 317-317 - 2021
Case, Phases, and Nominative/Accusative Conversion in JapaneseSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 19 - Trang 319-355 - 2010
Masahiko Takahashi
One of the central issues in the current Minimalist Program is the exact definition of phases. This article argues for a specific interpretation of phases, based on an account of a scope puzzle in the Nominative/Accusative conversion in Japanese. I show that the puzzle is best accounted for by postulating QR, which is bound by domains of Case-valuation. Based on an observation that scope of QR is ...... hiện toàn bộ