Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax
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 a
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Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax
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Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax Mika Kizu Department of East Asian Studies University of Durham United Kingdom
© Mika Kizu 2005
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2005 978-1-4039-1235-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.
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DOI 10.1057/9780230503618 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kizu, Mika, 1964– Cleft constructions in Japanese syntax / Mika Kizu. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Japanese language—Grammar, Generative. Syntax. I. Title.
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This book is dedicated to my family; I can never thank them enough for their support, patience and fundamental trust in me
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Contents
Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations
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Foreword
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1 Introduction Preliminaries Background: English cleft constructions The phenomenon of interest: Japanese cleft constructions Outline of the book
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2 Topicalization and Cleft Constructions Introduction Topicalization in Japanese: a brief overview Our assumptions about topicalization Parallelisms Scrambling and clefting Summary
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3 Nominalizations in Cleft Constructions Introduction Properties of no No in presuppositional clauses versus prenominal no Relative clauses and No-clauses of clefts The no-clause as a CP Summary
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4 Resumptive A’-Dependencies Introduction Basic facts and proposal Reconstruction in long-distance clefts
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