Two nouns in partitives: evidence from Japanese

We consider the proposal that partitives always contain two positions for nouns which may be filled by silent material from the perspective of Japanese. We argue that it provides a novel account for cases of quantificational expressions that are frequently marked with genitive case in Japanese. Geni...

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Main Authors: Uli Sauerland, Kazuko Yatsushiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-02-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/171