Mechanisms of productivity in word formation: Transitivity alternations in Japanese
The extensive system of Japanese transitivity alternations (TrAlt) has inspired a great number of noteworthy works. This paper, adopting the theoretical apparatus of the Strong Minimalist thesis and focusing on the “in-between voice” (i.e., between the idiosyncratic lexical and the morpho-syntactic)...
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doaj-a1dbd8a1097340da9090929f630b10462021-09-02T18:29:30ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesGlossa2397-18352021-05-016110.5334/gjgl.1304653Mechanisms of productivity in word formation: Transitivity alternations in JapaneseChisato Kitagawa0University of Massachusetts AmherstThe extensive system of Japanese transitivity alternations (TrAlt) has inspired a great number of noteworthy works. This paper, adopting the theoretical apparatus of the Strong Minimalist thesis and focusing on the “in-between voice” (i.e., between the idiosyncratic lexical and the morpho-syntactic) characteristics of the TrAlt, aims to explicate its productivity phenomena. The paper offers detailed and novel analyses of transitivity suffixes -'ar' (a lexical passive) and -'e' (which has sometimes been characterized as a “causative-passive” suffix), and delineates the mechanisms of productivity by closely examining the interactive functions of these two suffixes and the verbal roots (R’s) that host them.https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/1304causative-passive suffixin-between voicejapaneselexical passivenew word creationtransitivity alternations |
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Mechanisms of productivity in word formation: Transitivity alternations in Japanese |
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Mechanisms of productivity in word formation: Transitivity alternations in Japanese |
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Mechanisms of productivity in word formation: Transitivity alternations in Japanese |
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The extensive system of Japanese transitivity alternations (TrAlt) has inspired a great number of noteworthy works. This paper, adopting the theoretical apparatus of the Strong Minimalist thesis and focusing on the “in-between voice” (i.e., between the idiosyncratic lexical and the morpho-syntactic) characteristics of the TrAlt, aims to explicate its productivity phenomena. The paper offers detailed and novel analyses of transitivity suffixes -'ar' (a lexical passive) and -'e' (which has sometimes been characterized as a “causative-passive” suffix), and delineates the mechanisms of productivity by closely examining the interactive functions of these two suffixes and the verbal roots (R’s) that host them. |
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