This paper re-examines the syntactic properties of Japanese non-coreferential sentence-final Noun-Copula constructions (Mermaid Constructions, MMCs). I first revisit previous analyses of Japanese MMCs by reconsidering the structural position of the nominative subject. Furthermore, I argue for a non-unified analysis of Japanese MMCs by presenting asymmetries regarding the presence/absence of syntactic island effects (examined by long-distance scrambling and PP topicalization) and the (im)possibility of gap-filler dependencies. To account for these asymmetries, I argue that Japanese MMCs involve two syntactically distinct types: one with the MMC Noun (i.e., the ‘Noun’ slot in non-coreferential sentence-final Noun-Copula constructions) functioning as an N head and the other with the MMC Noun functioning as a C head. The proposed non-unified analysis also accounts for the asymmetry concerning the (im)possibility of Nominative/Genitive Conversion in Japanese MMCs.
Prepositional-free verbal-nominal constructions of the type «parler politique» in modern French, functioning alongside prepositional constructions «parler de (la/une) politique». The study addresses the morphological, syntactic, and semantic changes accompanying this transformation: loss of the article and nominal clas...
N. Е. Tiukalova· Филология научные исследован...· 0 citations
Mandarin Chinese has an unmarked comparative construction(bare comparative), [NP1+Adj+NP2+MP] (NP1 = comparee, Adj = adjective, NP2 = standard, MP = measure phrase), which lacks an overt comparative marker such as bi (比). This paper aims to demonstrate that this construction is not an elliptical variant of marked comp...
Minjeong So· Korea Association of Chinese...· 0 citations
This paper investigates the syntax of present active participles in Polish, morphologically similar forms that nevertheless split into agreeing and invariant types. Agreeing participles show full φ-agreement and appear in adjectival environments, while invariant participles lack agreement and function as adverbial, con...
Alberto Frasson· Studies in Polish Linguistic...· 0 citations
This article presents a longitudinal case study of want-constructions in an English–Russian bilingual child whose early language was characterized by prolonged pronoun reversal (i.e., using you for self-reference). The analysis focuses on want-constructions used during a period in which canonical English imperatives we...
Elena Gavruseva· Languages· 0 citations
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