20. Syntax and argument structure

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Introduction to the Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics vii
4. Table of contents xxxv
5. Contributors xxxvii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Basic sentence structure and grammatical categories 27
8. 2. Transitivity 55
9. 3. Topic and subject 97
10. 4. Toritate: Focusing and defocusing of words, phrases, and clauses 123
11. 5. The layered structure of the sentence 157
12. 6. Functional syntax 187
13. 7. Locative alternation 235
14. 8. Nominalization 271
15. 9. The morphosyntax of grammaticalization in Japanese 333
16. 10. Modality 371
17. 11. The passive voice 403
18. 12. Case marking 447
19. 13. Interfacing syntax with sounds and meanings 497
20. 14. Subject 553
21. 15. Numeral quantifiers 581
22. 16. Relative clauses 611
23. 17. Expressions that contain negation 635
24. 18. Ga/no conversion 663
25. 19. Ellipsis 701
26. 20. Syntax and argument structure 751
27. 21. Attributive modification 783
28. 22. Scrambling 807
29. Subject index 845