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Peer reviewedDubinsky, Stanley – Journal of Linguistics, 1994
Presents a monoclausal, multipredicate analysis of Japanese causatives, adopting the fundamentals of Relational Grammar. Two classes of causatives, distinguished by the matrix subject's agentivity, exist. The surface case marking of the causee is constrained by its relationship to the matrix subject with respect to a set of Proto-Agent…
Descriptors: Function Words, Japanese, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
