Takae Tsujioka, "The Syntax of Possession in Japanese"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1138878324, 0415941628 | 250 pages | PDF | 4.3 MB
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1138878324, 0415941628 | 250 pages | PDF | 4.3 MB
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the syntax of possession expressions in Japanese at the sentential level. In this introductory chapter, I will start with a background of possessive syntax and illustrate how Japanese presents us with an interesting case study of possessive syntax.