Coordination and Ni-Causative Constructions in Japanese

Iki Masaru

doi:10.15017/16405

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等位接続とニ使役文

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This paper concerns the so-called ni-causative construction in Japanese, in which the Causee argument is marked by the case particle -ni. I propose that the causative morpheme sase in this construction has the following properties.　(i) Sase is an independent lexical item in a Numeration. (I.e., Verb+ sase is not yet a single element at the stage of Numeration.)　(ii) Sase cliticizes to the adjacent verbal stem in the PF component. I point out that neither of the Causer and the Causee argument can be included in the conjoined part α in (iii), and show that the observation can be accounted for by assuming (iv) and (v) in addition to (i) and (ii).　(iii) ... [α[ ... V], [ ... V]]-sase-Tense.　 (iv) Sase assigns the case marker -ga to one and only one Causer argument.　(v) Sase assigns the case marker -ni to one and only one Causee argument. This paper in effect argues against the analyses in which it is assumed that sase is attached to a verbal stem in the Lexicon, (e.g., Miyagawa 1989), and the analyses in which sase is not considered as an independent element but a reflection of a certain feature (cf. Halle and Marantz 1993).

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九州大学言語学論集

九州大学言語学論集 30 59-74, 2009-12

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University

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CRID: 1390572174790076160

NII Article ID: 120001875221

NII Book ID: AA11886316

DOI: 10.15017/16405

HANDLE: 2324/16405

Text Lang: ja

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