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The genitive subject in Japanese and universal grammar
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Fujita, Naoya
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Year and Degree
1988, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Abstract
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 .
Committee
Shigeru Miyagawa (Advisor)
Pages
122 p.
Keywords
Unaccusative
;
TIHE'-NP'B
;
Verb
;
gg
;
Taro
;
Argueents
;
relative clauses
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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
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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