The syntax of possessor raising

This thesis provides an analysis of Possessor Raising (PR) in a minimalist framework. I examine four languages that exhibit PR, namely Japanese, Korean, Kinyarwanda, and Swahili. I propose that cross-linguistic variation of PR in these languages is captured by the single notion of Multiple Featur...

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Main Author: Nakamura, Yumiko
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9755