Japanese Syntax in Comparative Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Mamoru Saito is Professor of Linguistics at Nanzan University Klappentext Japanese Syntax in Comparative Perspective seeks to fill a gap in the literature by examining Japanese in comparison with other Asian languages, including Chinese, Korean, Turkish, and Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages of India. Zusammenfassung Japanese Syntax in Comparative Perspective seeks to fill a gap in the literature by examining Japanese in comparison with other Asian languages, including Chinese, Korean, Turkish, and Dravidian and Indo-Aryan languages of India. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 Nc-Ellipsis and the Structure of Noun Phrases in Chinese and Japanese Mamoru Saito, T.-H. Jonah Lin, and Keiko Murasugi 2 Number and Classifier Yasuki Ueda 3 On Chinese and Japanese Relative Clauses and NP-Ellipsis Yoichi Miyamoto 4 Argument Ellipsis, Anti-agreement, and Scrambling Daiko Takahashi 5 A Comparative Syntax of Ellipsis in Japanese and Korean Mamoru Saito and Duk-Ho An 6 A Comparative Approach to Japanese Postposing Yuji Takano 7 Comparative Remarks on Wh-adverbials in Situ in Japanese and Chinese Tomohiro Fujii, Kensuke Takita, Barry Chung-Yu Yang, and Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai 8 On Multiple Wh-Questions with 'Why' in Japanese and Chinese Kensuke Takita and Barry Chung-Yu Yang 9 Dative/Genitive Subjects in Japanese: A Comparative Perspective Hideki Kishimoto 10 Dative Subjects and Impersonals in Null-Subject Languages Hiroyuki Ura

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• Authors: Mamoru Saito, Mamoru (Professor of Linguistics Saito
• Assisted by: Mamoru Saito (Editor), Mamoru (Professor of Linguistics Saito (Editor), Saito Mamoru (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9780199945221
• ISBN: 978-0-19-994522-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax; Oxford Studies in Comparative
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Japanese, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics