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Nominative subjects can’t move to the left periphery in Japanese

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This paper attempts to argue convincingly that nominative subjects in Japanese cannot move to Spec-C if they are phonetically realized; in fact, they should remain in Spec-T from the viewpoint of the nominative case assignment mechanism in Japanese.

Source: Acta Mongolica

DOI: 10.22353/am.202401.07

Authors: Nozomi Moritake, Nobuaki Nishioka

Institution: Kyushu University

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Award: 名詞句の分布とその制限に関する実証的・理論的研究