Intransitive verbs with transitive counterparts in Japanese : --with focus on ergative and middle--

In this thesis, I have examined intransitive verbs with transitive counterparts in Japanese. In accordance with the differences in their syntactic and semantic characteristics, I have considered that they are categorized into two, so-called ergative and middle verbs. There are various theories conce...

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Main Author: Uchida, Miyo
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31152