Scrambling and control in Japanese : A neo-Davidsonian perspective

Shimamura, Koji; Tanaka, Hideharu

doi:https://doi.org/10.18910/103063

Scrambling and control in Japanese : A neo-Davidsonian perspective

Shimamura, Koji; Tanaka, Hideharu

OUCCL(Osaka University Papers in Comparative Contrastive Linguistics), 2025, 2, 103-118

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Title	Scrambling and control in Japanese : A neo-Davidsonian perspective
Creator	NRID 1000000755689 1000000755689 CreatorName Shimamura, Koji
Creator	NRID 1000090779381 1000090779381 CreatorName Tanaka, Hideharu
Subject	scrambling
	control
	neo-Davidsonian event semantics
	predicate conjunction
	base-generation
	movement
Abstract	This paper aims to extend the scope of our recent work on why Japanese, but not English, has scrambling in its grammar (Shimamura & Tanaka to appear). Under its proposal, the asymmetry between the two languages was reduced to how their functional morphemes such as Voice and v introduce arguments. The analysis was shown to capture, not only the availability of scrambling to Japanese, but also the fact that clause-internal scrambling can be A-scrambling to the effect that it yields a new binding/scope relation, but long-distance scrambling cannot. Still, we also left some issues open, one of which is why control clauses are transparent to A-scrambling (e.g., Nemoto 1993). In this paper, we sketch a possible solution to that issue, suggesting that the dative controller can also be base-generated in control clauses and keep staying in situ (cf. Takano 2010).
Publisher	Department of Comparative and Contrastive Linguistics, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
Source Title	OUCCL(Osaka University Papers in Comparative Contrastive Linguistics)
Volume (Issue)	2
Page	103-118
Date of Issued	2025-03
Language	English
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.18910/103063
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Category	OUCCL(Osaka University Papers in Comparative Contrastive Linguistics) / Volume 2

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