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The genitive subject in Japanese and universal grammar

Fujita, Naoya

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1988, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
This thesis provides an analysis of the genitive subject in Japanese. The genitive Case marker no can optionally replace the nominative Case marker ga in relative clauses. This is the so-called ga/no conversion. I argue that this phenomenon is not peculiar to Japanese, but is governed by universal principles. I employ the notions "argument/adjunct" and the Unaccusative Hypothesis. In combination with the Subjacency Condition, these universal notions help us to predict which genitive subjects are grammatical .
Shigeru Miyagawa (Advisor)
122 p.

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  • Fujita, N. (1988). The genitive subject in Japanese and universal grammar [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1116863002

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fujita, Naoya. The genitive subject in Japanese and universal grammar. 1988. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1116863002.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fujita, Naoya. "The genitive subject in Japanese and universal grammar." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1116863002

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