Relativization in Japanese and the Nature of Resumption
スポンサーリンク
概要
- 論文の詳細を見る
This paper claims that a gap in Japanese relativization and topicalization is a trace of movement in some environments, and an empty pronominal in other environments. Taking reconstruction effects as evidence of movement, I adopt a movement analysis of relativization and topicalization. The examination of relativization and two types of topicalization shows a correlation among island-insensitivity, the occurrence of resumptive pronouns, and the absence in a dislocated element of a particle associated with the original position. Based on this correlation, I claim that Japanese resumptive pronouns are introduced in the PF component in order to repair a stranded particle. Given this analysis, the distribution of resumptive pronouns and island-insensitivity in certain environments in Japanese, as well as the difference in the behavior of resumptive pronouns between Japanese and English, are accounted for.
- Tokyo University English Linguistics Association,東京大学英語学研究会,University of Tokyoの論文
Tokyo University English Linguistics Association,東京大学英語学研究会,University of Tokyo | 論文
- Concealed Causation in English and Japanese
- Some Remarks on Object Shift Constructions
- The Parameter 'Agreeing-D'and Unification of Three Changes in the D-system in the History of English
- An Explanation for CED Effects from the Derivational Perspective
- Some Observations on Wackernagel Objects and Inflected Demonstrative Pronouns in the History of English