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Author Kumashiro, Toshiyuki, author

Title A cognitive grammar of Japanese clause structure / Toshiyuki Kumashiro, Keio University
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]

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Series Human Cognitive Processing (HCP), 1387-6724 ; Volume 53
Human cognitive processing ; v. 53
Contents A Cognitive Grammar of Japanese Clause Structure -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Goals -- 1.1.1 Conceptualization of double-entity events -- 1.1.2 Different levels of subjects -- 1.1.3 The conceptual basis of case marking -- 1.2 Organization -- 1.3 An introduction to cognitive grammar -- 1.3.1 Basic concepts -- 1.3.2 Lexical semantics -- 1.3.3 Classes and constructions -- 1.3.3.1 Lexical classes -- 1.3.3.2 Constructions -- 1.3.4 Clause structure -- 1.3.4.1 Conceptual archetypes -- 1.3.4.2 Grammatical relations -- 1.3.5 Marked coding -- 1.3.5.1 Setting-participant constructions -- 1.3.5.2 Reference-point constructions -- 2. Subjecthood tests -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Shibatani (1990) -- 2.3 Subject honorification -- 2.4 Reflexive binding -- 2.5 Sentence coordination -- 2.6 pro and proarb -- 2.7 Quantifier float -- 2.8 More on reflexive binding -- 2.8.1 Iida (1996) -- 2.8.2 A Cognitive-grammar analysis -- 2.9 Conclusion -- 3. The semantic structure of the nominative-accusative construction -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The agent-theme schema -- 3.3 The experiencer-theme schema -- 3.4 The mover-space schema -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4. The semantic structure of the dative-nominative construction -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The participant-subject construction -- 4.2.1 The existential construction -- 4.2.2 The applicative construction -- 4.2.3 Grammatical relations -- 4.2.4 The participant-subject schema -- 4.3 The setting-subject construction -- 4.3.1 The possessive construction -- 4.3.2 The evaluative construction -- 4.3.3 The potential construction -- 4.3.3.1 The semantic structure of potentiality -- 4.3.3.2 The potential verb -- 4.3.3.3 The potential suffix
4.3.3.4 The potential suffix and nominative-accusative marking -- 4.3.3.5 Implicitly potential verbs -- 4.3.4 The setting-subject schema -- 4.4. The split-subject construction -- 4.4.1 The subjective-judgment construction -- 4.4.1.1 The semantic structure -- 4.4.1.2 Grammatical relations -- 4.4.2 The iru-possessive construction -- 4.4.2.1 E1 functioning as clause-level subject -- 4.4.2.2 E2 functioning as predicate-level subject -- 4.4.2.3 Historical motivation -- 4.4.3 Motivations for split subjecthood -- 4.4.4 The split-subject schema -- 4.5 Symbolic assemblies -- 4.5.1 The participant-subject construction -- 4.5.2 The setting-subject construction -- 4.5.3 The split-subject construction -- 4.6 More on grammatical relations -- 4.6.1 On the subjecthood of E1 in the subjective-judgment construction -- 4.6.1.1 Clefting without a particle -- 4.6.1.2 Clefting with a particle -- 4.6.1.3 Ni/ga alternation -- Possessor ascension -- 4.6.2 On the grammatical status of E2 in the setting-subject construction -- 4.7 A controversy over grammatical relations -- 4.7.1 Shibatani (2001) -- 4.7.2 Kishimoto (2004) -- 4.7.3 Problems with Shibatani -- 4.7.4 Problems with Kishimoto -- 4.7.5 Resolution of the controversy -- 4.8 Conclusion -- 5. The semantic structure of the bi-clausal double-nominative construction -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Basic characterization -- 5.2.1 The clausal structure -- 5.2.2 The semantic structure -- 5.2.3 Symbolic assembly -- 5.3 E1 corresponding to the reference point of E2 -- 5.3.1 Acceptable relationships -- 5.3.2 Unacceptable relationships -- 5.3.3 The clausal structure -- 5.3.4 The schema -- 5.4 E1 corresponding to the reference point of a predicate nominal -- 5.4.1 The semantic structure -- 5.4.2 The clausal structure -- 5.5 E1 corresponding to a setting for the embedded event -- 5.5.1 The semantic structure
5.5.2 The clausal structure -- 5.5.3 The schema -- 5.6 E1 corresponding to a prominent element of the embedded event -- 5.6.1 Acceptable relationships -- 5.6.2 Unacceptable relationships -- 5.6.3 More on the accessibility condition -- 5.6.4 The clausal structure -- 5.6.5 The schema -- 5.7 The predication schema -- 5.8 Conclusion -- 6. The semantic structure of the mono-clausal double-nominative construction -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Basic characterization -- 6.2.1 The clausal structure -- 6.2.2 The semantic structure -- 6.2.3 Symbolic assemblies -- 6.2.4 Scalar interpretation -- 6.3 The productive complex-predicate construction -- 6.3.1 The inalienable possessive relationship -- 6.3.2 The agent-action relationship -- 6.3.3 The productive complex-predicate schema -- 6.4 The lexical complex-predicate construction -- 6.4.1 E1 associated with E2 -- 6.4.2 E1 associated with a predicate nominal (tokui) -- 6.4.3 E1 associated with a predicate nominal (suki) -- 6.4.4 The lexical complex-predicate schema -- 6.5 The adjectival-experiencer construction -- 6.5.1 Basic data -- 6.5.1.1 Sensations -- 6.5.1.2 Emotions -- 6.5.1.3 Desires -- 6.5.2 The clausal structure -- 6.5.3 The semantic structure -- 6.5.3.1 Experience as an internal state -- 6.5.3.2 Symbolic assembly -- 6.5.3.3 Internal vs. externalized experience -- 6.5.4 The desiderative construction -- 6.5.4.1 Suffixes tai and tagaru -- 6.5.4.2 Nominative-accusative marking -- 6.5.5 Comparison with the dative-nominative construction -- 6.5.6 The adjectival-experiencer schema -- 6.6 On the grammatical status of E2 -- 6.7 On triple-nominative sentences -- 6.8 A controversy over grammatical relations and clausal complexity -- 6.8.1 Shibatani (1977) and Shibatani and Cotton (1977) -- 6.8.2 Kuno (1978b) -- 6.8.3 Shibatani (1990) -- 6.8.4 Shibatani (2001) -- 6.9 Conclusion
7. The semantic structure of the topic construction -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 An overview of the proposed and previous analyses -- 7.3 Reference-point constructions -- 7.4 Simultaneous vs. sequential reference-point constructions -- 7.5 Layering of reference-point constructions and relational topics -- 7.6 Topic vs. predication -- 7.7 Topicalized vs. scrambled sentences -- 7.8 Conclusion -- 8. The semantic structure of the nominative case marker ga -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 A preview of the proposed analysis -- 8.3 An overview of the previous syntactic analyses -- 8.3.1 Kuno (1973) -- 8.3.2 Kuroda (1965) -- 8.3.3 Saito (1982) -- 8.4 Approaches to the semantics of case -- 8.5 The outline of the proposed analysis -- 8.6 The active-participant schema -- 8.6.1 The schema -- 8.6.2 The representation -- 8.6.3 The composition -- 8.7 The interaction-chain-head schema -- 8.8 The event-chain-head schema -- 8.9 Constructions examined in the previous chapters -- 8.9.1 The dative-nominative construction -- 8.9.2 The double-nominative construction -- 8.10 On nominative marking and subjecthood -- 8.11 Conclusion -- 9. Conclusion -- 9.1 Organization -- 9.2 Summaries -- 9.2.1 Chapter 2: Subjecthood tests -- 9.2.2 Chapter 3: The nominative-accusative construction -- 9.2.3 Chapter 4: The dative-nominative construction -- 9.2.4 Chapter 5: The bi-clausal double-nominative construction -- 9.2.5 Chapter 6: The mono-clausal double-nominative construction -- 9.2.6 Chapter 7: The topic construction -- 9.2.7 Chapter 8: The nominative case marker ga -- 9.3 An overview of the main achievements -- 9.3.1 Conceptualization of double-entity events -- 9.3.2 Different levels of subjects -- 9.3.3 The conceptual basis of case marking -- 9.3.4 Theoretical implications -- 9.4 An outlook on future research possibilities -- 9.4.1 Further research into the conceptual basis of grammar
9.4.2 The conceptual basis of grammar in Japanese linguistics -- 9.4.3 Possibilities of empirical research -- 9.4.3.1 Possibilities of experimental and corpus-based research -- 9.4.3.2 Possible experimental and corpus-based investigations -- Appendix. Summaries of constructions from Chapters 3-6 -- a.1 Introduction -- a.2 A summary of constructions from Chapter 3 -- a.2.1 Subtypes -- a.2.2 Data -- a.2.2.1 Basic subtypes -- a.2.2.2 The agent-theme schema -- a.2.2.3 The experiencer-theme schema -- a.2.2.4 The mover-space schema -- a.2.3 The semantic structure -- a.2.3.1 The overall structure -- a.2.3.2 Basic subtipes -- a.2.3.3 Subschemas of the agent-theme schema -- a.2.3.4 Subschemas of the experiencer-theme schema -- a.2.3.5 Subschemas of the mover-space schema -- a.3 A summary of constructions from Chapter 4 -- a.3.1 Subtypes -- a.3.2 Data -- a.3.2.1 The participant-subject construction -- a.3.2.2 The setting-subject construction -- a.3.2.3 The split-subject construction -- a.3.3 Grammatical relations -- a.3.3.1 Basic patterns -- a.3.3.2 The participant-subject construction -- a.3.3.3 The setting-subject construction -- a.3.3.4 The split-subject construction -- a.3.4 The semantic structure -- a.3.4.1 The overall structure -- a.3.4.2 Basic subtypes -- a.3.4.3 The participant-subject construction -- a.3.4.4 The setting-subject construction -- a.3.4.5 The split-subject construction -- a.4 A summary of constructions from Chapter 5 -- a.4.1 Subtypes -- a.4.2 Data -- a.4.2.1 Basic subtypes -- a.4.2.2 E1 corresponding to the reference point of E2 -- a.4.2.3 E1 corresponding to the reference point of a predicate nominal -- a.4.2.4 E1 corresponding to a setting for the embedded event -- a.4.2.5 E1 corresponding to a prominent element of the embedded event -- a.4.3 The clausal structure -- a.4.4 The semantic structure -- a.4.4.1 The overall structure
Notes Originally published as: Thesis (Ph. D.) - University of California, San Diego, 2000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Cognitive grammar.
Japanese language -- Clauses
Japanese language -- Case
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
Cognitive grammar
Japanese language -- Case
Japanese language -- Clauses
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015049180
ISBN 9789027267467
9027267464