Re-examination of passives and related aspects in Japanese syntax

The passive construction has played an important role, in different ways, in various types of grammatical framework. It has motivated Chomsky to introduce transformations and the basic concept of the deep and surface structures. It has also contributed to the foundation of Relational Grammar and to...

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Main Author: Yamazaki, Hiromi
Published: SOAS, University of London 1979
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.478230