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| Special Syntax and Semantics Talk - "The Subject and Interpretation of Tense in Japanese: the View from CP" given by Nobuko Hasegawa - Kanda University of International Studies |
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 4:00PM - 5:30PM
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Abstract:
It has been widely assumed that Japanese is a non-agreement language; however, once the discoursal function of a sentence, the clause type (in the sense Cheng (1991)), or Force (Chomsky (1991), Rizzi (1997)) is taken into consideration, Japanese exhibits rather extensive 'agreement' between the subject and predicate forms - imperative, volitional, propositive, etc. Furthermore, in yet anotehr type of Force, thetic judgment or presentational sentences, the particular interpretation of the tense and the person feature of a subject has to correspond. Based on these facts, I will propose a system in which the sub-heads of the C-system (Force-Fin (-Infl)) agrees with the person feature of the subject is ensured, claiming that Japanese is a type of language that makes use o fthe C area much more extensively than an English type of language which utilizes the Infl area more. |
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Location : Campbell Hall 2122 |
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