You are here: Home :: Area CULI :: Linguistics and literature :: Communication science

Masahiro Akiyama

On the general tendency to minimize moved elements: The multiple nominative construction in Japanese and its theoretical implications

This article studies the derivation of the multiple nominative construction in Japanese, in which there is a relation of inalienable possession between the nominative DPs. It is shown that, of the two (or more) nominative DPs, only the first one is overtly moved to [Spec, T] with the other(s) remaining in the predicate-internal position(s). To explain this fact, this article argues that the set of principles choosing among potentially possible steps at a single stage of a derivation contains a principle that minimizes the size of moved elements.

The Linguistic Review, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0167-6318
Volume: 22, 06/2005
Pages: 1 - 68

Show full article (external site)

Show all available items of this journal

 

Area CULI