The syntax and morphology of Japanese verbal nouns
The purpose of this dissertation is to argue that verbal nouns (VNs) in Japanese are verbs, contrary to the widely-held view that they are nouns. I will do this by examining the behavior of major VN-constructions and showing that all of their properties are consistent with the VN=V view, while there...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2000
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9988846 |