REMARKS ON SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF NOUNS IN JAPANESE

• IORI ISAO

  Hitotsubashi University

Abstract

In this paper, I discuss some characteristics of Japanese nouns. First, I point out some syntactic phenomena concerning nouns. Second, I insist that they can be explained only by classifying nouns into two types according to the “argument” of nouns. Third, I show how nouns are classified into these two types: 1-place nouns, which take an argument syntactically obligatorily, and 0-place nouns, which take no argument obligatorily. Fourth, I present the argument structure for both noun types. Fifth, I explain the aforementioned phenomena in terms of their argument structure. Sixth and finally, I comment on textual functions of nouns and show that nouns have a potential to create a complete text.

Journal

• Hitotsubashi journal of arts and sciences

  Hitotsubashi journal of arts and sciences 54 (1), 5-18, 2013-12

  Hitotsubashi University

Keywords

• noun
• 1-place noun
• 0-place noun
• argument structure
• textual function

Details

• CRID: 1390572174819582848
• NII Article ID: 120005373494
• NII Book ID: AA00207525
• DOI: 10.15057/26119
• HANDLE: 10086/26119
• ISSN: 00732788
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • IRDB
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Allowed