The Alternation between Change of Location Sentences and Change of State Sentences in Japanese : A System for Determining the Alternation Patterns

• KAWANO Yasuko

  福岡女子大学

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 現代日本語における位置変化構文と状態変化構文の交替現象 : 格成分の対応の仕方
• ゲンダイ ニホンゴ ニ オケル イチ ヘンカ コウブン ト ジョウタイ ヘンカ コウブン ノ コウタイ ゲンショウ カクセイブン ノ タイオウ ノ シカタ

Abstract

The two syntactic forms illustrated in (1), i.e. [NP-ni NP-wo V] and [NP-wo NP-de V] sometimes describe similar events. This phenomenon is referred to as 'locative alternation'.(1) a. kabe-ni penki-wo nuru [NP-ni NP-ivo V] wall-on paint-ACC smear 'smear paint on the wall' b. kabe-wo penki-de nuru [NP-wo NP-de V] wall-ACC paint-with smear 'smear the wall with paint' Pointing out that there is another pattern of alternation as illustrated in (2), this paper first argues that the semantic roles of the NPs are not relevant to the determination of these alternation patterns.(2) a. kami-ni hon-wo kurumu [NP-ni NP-wo V] paper-in book-ACC wrap 'wrap the book in paper' b. hon-wo kami-de kurumu [NP-wo NP-de V] paper-ACC book-with wrap 'wrap the book with paper' The paper then proposes that whether sentences are subject to the alternation pattern of (1) or that of (2) is actually determined in a different, subsidiary level of verb meanings from the one where the semantic roles are assigned to the NPs.

Journal

• Studies in the Japanese Language

  Studies in the Japanese Language 2 (1), 32-47, 2006

  The Society for Japanese Linguistics

Keywords

• spray paint' hypallage
• locative alternation
• case particles
• semantic role

Details

• CRID: 1390001205787772416
• NII Article ID: 110006239282
• NII Book ID: AA11998386
• DOI: 10.20666/nihongonokenkyu.2.1_32
• ISSN: 21895732
• ISSN: 13495119
• NDL BIB ID: 7783344
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7783344
• Text Lang: ja
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  • KAKEN
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