Why the Japanese double-ga construction cannot be scrambled.

This thesis presents a comprehensive study of the Japanese double-ga construction and offers an explanation as to why the Japanese double-ga construction does not allow scrambling. In chapter 2, the particle-ga and the particle-wa are defined as the focus marker and the topic marker respectively. The different shades of meaning that both particles have are also explained. Chapter 3 illustrates the Japanese double -ga construction. Chapter 4 deals with the impossibility of scrambling in the double-particle constructions. A strong parallelism is shown between the double-ga construction and the double-wa construction. The claim is that there are three "pragmatic slots" that the particle-ga and -wa can occupy in the sentence. The rigid-fixed-order of these three slots contributes to the prohibition of scrambling.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Hoye, Masako Oku

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
• Montler, Timothy
• Spitz, Walter

• Japanese language -- Grammar.
• Japanese
• double-ga construction
• focus marker
• topic marker
• pragmatic slots

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Hoye, Masako Oku
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53333763
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4319/
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