THE UNIFORM HYPOTHESIS OF <i>NI</i>-PASSIVES IN JAPANESE AND MOVEMENT INTO θ-POSITION

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  • THE UNIFORM HYPOTHESIS OF NI-PASSIVES IN JAPANESE AND MOVEMENT INTO θ-POSITION

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<p>In Japanese, it is hotly debated whether two variants of the so-called ni-passives—direct and indirect passives—are derived in the same way. This question can be rephrased as whether we need to postulate two types of -rares: one that assigns a θ-role to its external argument in indirect passives and another that lacks external θ, allowing object-to-subject promotion in direct passives. I focus on ni-direct-passives and provide new data supporting the Uniform Hypothesis, which states that there is only one passive -rare in Japanese.</p>

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  • ENGLISH LINGUISTICS

    ENGLISH LINGUISTICS 38 (1), 74-90, 2021

    The English Linguistic Society of Japan

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