What Could Dekiru Possibly Mean?

DEKIRU is a Japanese verb with root and modal interpretations. The modal interpretations are dependent on the absence or presence of an agent and volition, with respect to an action, in a complement sentence predicated by DEKIRU.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wight, W. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 1980-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/534