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Subject(s)

• Cognitive grammar [Browse]
• Japanese language—Clauses [Browse]
• Japanese language—Case [Browse]

Series

• Human cognitive processing ; Volume 53. [More in this series]
• Human Cognitive Processing, 1387-6724 ; Volume 53

Notes

Originally published as: Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of California, San Diego, 2000.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Intro
• A Cognitive Grammar of Japanese Clause Structure
• Editorial page
• Title page
• LCC data
• Dedication page
• Table of contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Goals
• 1.1.1 Conceptualization of double-entity events
• 1.1.2 Different levels of subjects
• 1.1.3 The conceptual basis of case marking
• 1.2 Organization
• 1.3 An introduction to cognitive grammar
• 1.3.1 Basic concepts
• 1.3.2 Lexical semantics
• 1.3.3 Classes and constructions
• 1.3.3.1 Lexical classes
• 1.3.3.2 Constructions
• 1.3.4 Clause structure
• 1.3.4.1 Conceptual archetypes
• 1.3.4.2 Grammatical relations
• 1.3.5 Marked coding
• 1.3.5.1 Setting-participant constructions
• 1.3.5.2 Reference-point constructions
• 2. Subjecthood tests
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Shibatani (1990)
• 2.3 Subject honorification
• 2.4 Reflexive binding
• 2.5 Sentence coordination
• 2.6 pro and proarb
• 2.7 Quantifier float
• 2.8 More on reflexive binding
• 2.8.1 Iida (1996)
• 2.8.2 A Cognitive-grammar analysis
• 2.9 Conclusion
• 3. The semantic structure of the nominative-accusative construction
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 The agent-theme schema
• 3.3 The experiencer-theme schema
• 3.4 The mover-space schema
• 3.5 Conclusion
• 4. The semantic structure of the dative-nominative construction
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 The participant-subject construction
• 4.2.1 The existential construction
• 4.2.2 The applicative construction
• 4.2.3 Grammatical relations
• 4.2.4 The participant-subject schema
• 4.3 The setting-subject construction
• 4.3.1 The possessive construction
• 4.3.2 The evaluative construction
• 4.3.3 The potential construction
• 4.3.3.1 The semantic structure of potentiality
• 4.3.3.2 The potential verb
• 4.3.3.3 The potential suffix.
• 4.3.3.4 The potential suffix and nominative-accusative marking
• 4.3.3.5 Implicitly potential verbs
• 4.3.4 The setting-subject schema
• 4.4. The split-subject construction
• 4.4.1 The subjective-judgment construction
• 4.4.1.1 The semantic structure
• 4.4.1.2 Grammatical relations
• 4.4.2 The iru-possessive construction
• 4.4.2.1 E1 functioning as clause-level subject
• 4.4.2.2 E2 functioning as predicate-level subject
• 4.4.2.3 Historical motivation
• 4.4.3 Motivations for split subjecthood
• 4.4.4 The split-subject schema
• 4.5 Symbolic assemblies
• 4.5.1 The participant-subject construction
• 4.5.2 The setting-subject construction
• 4.5.3 The split-subject construction
• 4.6 More on grammatical relations
• 4.6.1 On the subjecthood of E1 in the subjective-judgment construction
• 4.6.1.1 Clefting without a particle
• 4.6.1.2 Clefting with a particle
• 4.6.1.3 Ni/ga alternation
• Possessor ascension
• 4.6.2 On the grammatical status of E2 in the setting-subject construction
• 4.7 A controversy over grammatical relations
• 4.7.1 Shibatani (2001)
• 4.7.2 Kishimoto (2004)
• 4.7.3 Problems with Shibatani
• 4.7.4 Problems with Kishimoto
• 4.7.5 Resolution of the controversy
• 4.8 Conclusion
• 5. The semantic structure of the bi-clausal double-nominative construction
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Basic characterization
• 5.2.1 The clausal structure
• 5.2.2 The semantic structure
• 5.2.3 Symbolic assembly
• 5.3 E1 corresponding to the reference point of E2
• 5.3.1 Acceptable relationships
• 5.3.2 Unacceptable relationships
• 5.3.3 The clausal structure
• 5.3.4 The schema
• 5.4 E1 corresponding to the reference point of a predicate nominal
• 5.4.1 The semantic structure
• 5.4.2 The clausal structure
• 5.5 E1 corresponding to a setting for the embedded event
• 5.5.1 The semantic structure.
• 5.5.2 The clausal structure
• 5.5.3 The schema
• 5.6 E1 corresponding to a prominent element of the embedded event
• 5.6.1 Acceptable relationships
• 5.6.2 Unacceptable relationships
• 5.6.3 More on the accessibility condition
• 5.6.4 The clausal structure
• 5.6.5 The schema
• 5.7 The predication schema
• 5.8 Conclusion
• 6. The semantic structure of the mono-clausal double-nominative construction
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Basic characterization
• 6.2.1 The clausal structure
• 6.2.2 The semantic structure
• 6.2.3 Symbolic assemblies
• 6.2.4 Scalar interpretation
• 6.3 The productive complex-predicate construction
• 6.3.1 The inalienable possessive relationship
• 6.3.2 The agent-action relationship
• 6.3.3 The productive complex-predicate schema
• 6.4 The lexical complex-predicate construction
• 6.4.1 E1 associated with E2
• 6.4.2 E1 associated with a predicate nominal (tokui)
• 6.4.3 E1 associated with a predicate nominal (suki)
• 6.4.4 The lexical complex-predicate schema
• 6.5 The adjectival-experiencer construction
• 6.5.1 Basic data
• 6.5.1.1 Sensations
• 6.5.1.2 Emotions
• 6.5.1.3 Desires
• 6.5.2 The clausal structure
• 6.5.3 The semantic structure
• 6.5.3.1 Experience as an internal state
• 6.5.3.2 Symbolic assembly
• 6.5.3.3 Internal vs. externalized experience
• 6.5.4 The desiderative construction
• 6.5.4.1 Suffixes tai and tagaru
• 6.5.4.2 Nominative-accusative marking
• 6.5.5 Comparison with the dative-nominative construction
• 6.5.6 The adjectival-experiencer schema
• 6.6 On the grammatical status of E2
• 6.7 On triple-nominative sentences
• 6.8 A controversy over grammatical relations and clausal complexity
• 6.8.1 Shibatani (1977) and Shibatani and Cotton (1977)
• 6.8.2 Kuno (1978b)
• 6.8.3 Shibatani (1990)
• 6.8.4 Shibatani (2001)
• 6.9 Conclusion.
• 7. The semantic structure of the topic construction
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 An overview of the proposed and previous analyses
• 7.3 Reference-point constructions
• 7.4 Simultaneous vs. sequential reference-point constructions
• 7.5 Layering of reference-point constructions and relational topics
• 7.6 Topic vs. predication
• 7.7 Topicalized vs. scrambled sentences
• 7.8 Conclusion
• 8. The semantic structure of the nominative case marker ga
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 A preview of the proposed analysis
• 8.3 An overview of the previous syntactic analyses
• 8.3.1 Kuno (1973)
• 8.3.2 Kuroda (1965)
• 8.3.3 Saito (1982)
• 8.4 Approaches to the semantics of case
• 8.5 The outline of the proposed analysis
• 8.6 The active-participant schema
• 8.6.1 The schema
• 8.6.2 The representation
• 8.6.3 The composition
• 8.7 The interaction-chain-head schema
• 8.8 The event-chain-head schema
• 8.9 Constructions examined in the previous chapters
• 8.9.1 The dative-nominative construction
• 8.9.2 The double-nominative construction
• 8.10 On nominative marking and subjecthood
• 8.11 Conclusion
• 9. Conclusion
• 9.1 Organization
• 9.2 Summaries
• 9.2.1 Chapter 2: Subjecthood tests
• 9.2.2 Chapter 3: The nominative-accusative construction
• 9.2.3 Chapter 4: The dative-nominative construction
• 9.2.4 Chapter 5: The bi-clausal double-nominative construction
• 9.2.5 Chapter 6: The mono-clausal double-nominative construction
• 9.2.6 Chapter 7: The topic construction
• 9.2.7 Chapter 8: The nominative case marker ga
• 9.3 An overview of the main achievements
• 9.3.1 Conceptualization of double-entity events
• 9.3.2 Different levels of subjects
• 9.3.3 The conceptual basis of case marking
• 9.3.4 Theoretical implications
• 9.4 An outlook on future research possibilities
• 9.4.1 Further research into the conceptual basis of grammar.
• 9.4.2 The conceptual basis of grammar in Japanese linguistics
• 9.4.3 Possibilities of empirical research
• 9.4.3.1 Possibilities of experimental and corpus-based research
• 9.4.3.2 Possible experimental and corpus-based investigations
• Appendix. Summaries of constructions from Chapters 3-6
• a.1 Introduction
• a.2 A summary of constructions from Chapter 3
• a.2.1 Subtypes
• a.2.2 Data
• a.2.2.1 Basic subtypes
• a.2.2.2 The agent-theme schema
• a.2.2.3 The experiencer-theme schema
• a.2.2.4 The mover-space schema
• a.2.3 The semantic structure
• a.2.3.1 The overall structure
• a.2.3.2 Basic subtipes
• a.2.3.3 Subschemas of the agent-theme schema
• a.2.3.4 Subschemas of the experiencer-theme schema
• a.2.3.5 Subschemas of the mover-space schema
• a.3 A summary of constructions from Chapter 4
• a.3.1 Subtypes
• a.3.2 Data
• a.3.2.1 The participant-subject construction
• a.3.2.2 The setting-subject construction
• a.3.2.3 The split-subject construction
• a.3.3 Grammatical relations
• a.3.3.1 Basic patterns
• a.3.3.2 The participant-subject construction
• a.3.3.3 The setting-subject construction
• a.3.3.4 The split-subject construction
• a.3.4 The semantic structure
• a.3.4.1 The overall structure
• a.3.4.2 Basic subtypes
• a.3.4.3 The participant-subject construction
• a.3.4.4 The setting-subject construction
• a.3.4.5 The split-subject construction
• a.4 A summary of constructions from Chapter 5
• a.4.1 Subtypes
• a.4.2 Data
• a.4.2.1 Basic subtypes
• a.4.2.2 E1 corresponding to the reference point of E2
• a.4.2.3 E1 corresponding to the reference point of a predicate nominal
• a.4.2.4 E1 corresponding to a setting for the embedded event
• a.4.2.5 E1 corresponding to a prominent element of the embedded event
• a.4.3 The clausal structure
• a.4.4 The semantic structure
• a.4.4.1 The overall structure.
• a.4.4.2 E1 corresponding to the reference point of E2.

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