Cleft Constructions in Japanese Syntax
| By: | M. Kizu |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9781403912350 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780230503618 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.