Complex Predicates in Japanese
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A01=Chiharu Uda
advanced syntax studies
Author_Chiharu Uda
Category=CF
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grammatical relations
Japanese language research
Japanese verb compound analysis
lexical semantics
linguistic theory
morphosyntactic analysis
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- ISBN 9780815316985
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Mar 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Being an agglutinative language, Japanese abounds in complex predicate constructions, which consist of a verb stem or gerund followed by another morpheme. Some such morphemes are bound forms and occur only adjacent to a verb stem, while others are free forms in the sense that they have a homophonous counterpart as a lexical verb. Complex predicates typically convey particular meanings concerning aspect, voice, modality, and so on, added to the lexical meaning of the stem/gerundive verb. The main purpose of this book is to give an analysis of complex predicate constructions in Japanese in the framework of Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG).
