On Japanese Causative: Review of Shibatani's Notion of Causative

In this article, characteristics of Japanese causative constructions are reviewed and discussed based on an article by Masayoshi Shibatani (1976), who has worked extensively in Japanese causative. First, the nature and definitions of the causative are discussed. Then, the types of Japanese causative...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shimada, Misaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 1990-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/433