Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax Grammar
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2005
1st ed. 2005.
EISBN 1280425709
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Topicalization and Cleft Constructions; 3 Nominalizations in Cleft Constructions; 4 Resumptive A'-Dependencies; 5 Ellipsis in Cleft Constructions; 6 Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
Cleft constructions occur across languages and are much analyzed in relation to syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Mika Kizu, working in a Principles and Parameters framework, with some consideration of the Minimalist Program, provides the first coherent account of cleft constructions in Japanese. She claims that the construction is analyzed on a par with topic constructions and some types of relative clause. One of the most interesting properties, the syntactic phenomenon of 'connectivity' is closely examined.
Cleft constructions occur across languages and are much analyzed in relation to syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Mika Kizu, working in a Principles and Parameters framework, with some consideration of the Minimalist Program, provides the first coherent account of cleft constructions in Japanese. She claims that the construction is analyzed on a par with topic constructions and some types of relative clause. One of the most interesting properties, the syntactic phenomenon of 'connectivity' is closely examined.
