The Syntax of Possession in Japanese

• Author(s): Takae Tsujioka,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 176
• ISBN_10: 1136722254
  ISBN_13: 9781136722257
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Foreign Language Study / Japanese , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General ,

Description:... First Published in 2002. This volume is part of the 'Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics' series. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the syntax of possession expressions in Japanese at the sentential level. It starts with a background of possessive syntax and illustrates how Japanese presents us with an interesting case study of possessive syntax