On the unified analysis of three types of relative clause construction in Japanese, and on the “salient reading” of the internally headed type. A reply to Erlewine & Gould (2016)

In this reply, we argue against two proposals made by Erlewine & Gould (2016), and in favor of the following two theses: [i] Japanese internally headed relative constructions disallow an interpretation that is crucially based on contextual salience, and allow only an interpretation that reflects...

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Main Authors: Alexander Grosu, Koji Hoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2018-03-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/577