Phrase Structure and Movement in Japanese
Phrase Structure and Movement in Japanese
复制标题
日语的短语结构和动作
DOI:
10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.286
复制
发表时间:
2021
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Mamoru Saito
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Yosuke Sato;Yuka Imai;Moka Michihata;Yosuke Sato;Mamoru Saito;Mamoru Saito
Japanese exhibits some unique features with respect to phrase structure and movement. It is well-known that its phrase structure is strictly head-final. It also provides ample evidence that a sentence may have more complex structure than its surface form suggests. Causative sentences are the best-known example of this. They appear to be simple sentences with verbs accompanying the causative suffix,-sase. But the causative suffix is an independent verb and takes a small clause vP complement in the syntactic representation. Japanese sentences can have a rich structure in the right periphery. For example, embedded clauses may contain up to three overt complementizers, corresponding to Finite (no), Interrogative (ka), and Report/Force (to). Matrix clauses may end in a sequence of discourse particles, such as wa, yo, and ne. Each of the complementizers and discourse particles has a selectional requirement of its own. More research is required to settle on the functional heads in the nominal structure. Among the controversial issues are whether D is present and whether Case markers should be analyzed as independent heads.