PREDICATE UNION AND THE SYNTAX OF JAPANESE CAUSATIVES

Authors
Citation
S. Dubinsky, PREDICATE UNION AND THE SYNTAX OF JAPANESE CAUSATIVES, Journal of linguistics, 30(1), 1994, pp. 43-79
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics","Language & Linguistics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00222267
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
43 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2267(1994)30:1<43:PUATSO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This paper presents a monoclausal, multipredicate analysis of Japanese causatives, adopting the fundamental assumptions of Relational Gramma r. Evidence is provided for the existence of two distinct classes of c ausatives, distinguished on the basis of the agentivity of the matrix subject. It is also demonstrated that the surface case marking of the causee is constrained by its relative status to the matrix subject wit h respect to a set of Proto-Agent entailments (as proposed in Dowty 19 91).