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1.1 Issues in possessive syntax |
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1.2 A sketch of clausal possessives in Japanese |
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1.2.1 Lexical verbs of possession |
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1.2.2 The possessive/locative/existential parallelism |
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1.2.3 Adjectival modification and possessive syntax |
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1.3 Organization and synopsis |
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Chapter 2 Theoretical Assumptions |
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2.1 Conceptual background |
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2.2 Features and Checking Theory |
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20 | (1) |
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2.3 The theory of Attract and the locality condition |
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21 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Nominal and Clausal Possessives |
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3.1 The Hungarian E-possessive |
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24 | (5) |
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3.2 The Japanese E-possessive |
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3.2.1 Proposal: Possessor extraction in Japanese |
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30 | (2) |
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3.2.2 Muromatsu (1997): Honorification as agreement? |
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32 | (4) |
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3.2.3 A puzzle concerning scrambling |
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36 | (4) |
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3.2.4 The Unambiguous Domination Constraint |
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40 | (9) |
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3.3 Hungarian-Japanese contrasts |
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49 | (4) |
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3.4 Previous analyses of the Japanese E-possessive |
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3.4.2 Homophonous am AND iru |
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Chapter 4 E-possessive and Locative |
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4.1 Previous approaches to the possessive/locative parallelism |
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4.1.1 Pragma-semantic approach |
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4.1.2 Homophonous transitive-intransitive pairs |
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66 | (4) |
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4.1.3 Two types of small clause |
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4.1.4 Summary of Section 4.1 |
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4.2 Proposal: Extending the E-possessive account |
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4.2.1 Existential interpretation and D-incorporation |
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4.2.2 Structures of the locative, the existential, and the E-possessive |
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4.2.3 How the E-possessive account works |
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4.2.4 "Subjecthood" in Japanese and Checking Theory |
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88 | (4) |
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4.2.5 The scrambling puzzle revisited |
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92 | (3) |
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4.2.6 Animacy alternation |
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4.2.7 Summary of Section 4.2 |
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4.3 E-possessive and locative in Hungarian |
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97 | (3) |
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Appendix to Chapter 4 On the categorical status of the possessor and the locational phrase |
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101 | (6) |
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Chapter 5 The Structures of Possessors |
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5.1 Proposal: the two positions of possessors |
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5.2 Alienable and inalienable possessors |
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5.2.1 The notion of inalienability in grammar |
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112 | (2) |
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5.2.2 A thematic approach to inalienable possessors |
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114 | (3) |
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5.2.3 The position of alienable possessors |
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117 | (4) |
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5.2.4 Inalienability in Japanese |
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121 | (1) |
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5.3 Attributive adjectives in Japanese |
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122 | (10) |
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5.4 Hungarian-Japanese contrast |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (6) |
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Appendix to Chapter 5 A survey of inalienability in Japanese |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Inalienable Possession Construction with `do' |
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139 | (28) |
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6.1 Properties of the IPC with `do' |
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140 | (7) |
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6.1.1 Obligatory modification |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (3) |
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6.2 Proposal, the syntax of the IPC with `do' |
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147 | (3) |
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6.3 No possessor-raising in the IPC with `do' |
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150 | (4) |
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6.4 Small v in possessives |
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154 | (12) |
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154 | (3) |
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6.4.2 The Bahuvrihi possessive in Yaqui |
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157 | (6) |
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6.4.3 A note on possessional adjectives in English |
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163 | (3) |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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