Overview
Cleft constructions occur across languages and are much analyzed in relation to syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Mika Kizu, working in a Principles and Parameters framework, with some consideration of the Minimalist Program, provides the first coherent account of cleft constructions in Japanese. She claims that the construction is analyzed on a par with topic constructions and some types of relative clause. One of the most interesting properties, the syntactic phenomenon of 'connectivity' is closely examined.
- | Author: M. Kizu
- | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- | Publication Date: Jan 07, 2005
- | Number of Pages: 245 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 1403912351
- | ISBN-13: 9781403912350
