Interaction of Derivational Morphology and Syntax in Japanese and English (Routledge Library Editions: Japanese Linguistics)

Originally published in 1986, this book discusses how the proper boundary between the lexicon and syntax should be defined and examines various word formation processes in Japanese and English which involve some interaction of morphology and syntax. It also questions the plausibility of the lexicalist hypothesis as a theory of universal grammar. It proposes a rule typology approach to the syntax/lexicon dichotomy and looks at deverbal nominals and compounds in English and Japanese and discusses their similarities and differences. In particular the important role argument structure plays in morphological derivations is analysed. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright page Original Half Title Acknowledgements Table of Contents Introduction Chapter I. Some Theoretical Issues 1. The syntax/lexicon dichotomy -- The development of the Lexicalist Hypothesis 2. Word Formation Rules 2.1. Rule Formalisms 2.2. Level ordering and Adjacency Condition 2.3. Head 2.4. Inflection vs. Derivation 2.5. Semantics of Word 3. Typology of rules 3.1. Earlier attempts for rule typology 3.2. Rule vs. operation: Dowty's (1979) proposal 3.3. Interaction of processes. 3.4. Cliticization4. Lexicalism in Japanese Syntax Chapter II. Deverbal Nominals and Compounds 1. English verbal compounds and argument structure 1.1. First Sister Principle 1.2. Verbal compounds vs. primary compounds 1.3. An alternative analysis of verbal compounds 1.4. No subject condition 1.5. The generic condition on the realization of the argument structure 2. Deverbal nominals and compounds in Japanese 2.1. Deverbal compounds 2.2. Suffixed deverbal nominals 3. A note on the condition on rendaku Chapter III. Argument Structure and Derivational Morphology of Adjectives. 1. Argument structure of English adjectives1.1. Complement inheritance under nominalization 1.2. Adjectival compounds 2. Nominalization of Japanese adjectives 2.1. Two types of nominalizing suffixes 2.2. Argument structure and case marking of adjectives 2.3. Complements under nominalization 2.4. Extended domain of the nominalization 3. On the verbalizing suffix-garu Chapter IV. Phrasal Suffixes I: Alternating Case Marking 1. Phrasal suffixation and reanalysis 2. Facts about Japanese stative predicate constructions 3. Proposal 4. Morphological transparency. 5. Conditions for the reanalysis5.1. Distance between the second NP and the predicate 5.2. Conjunction and comparatives 5.3. The distance between the verb and-tai 5.4. Semantic conditions 6. Concluding remarks and some issues 6.1. Basic and derived case patterns for stative predicates 6.2. On the object-hood of the second NP 6.3. The accusative NP condition -- a problem Chapter V. Phrasal Suffixes II 1. Suffixes with phrasal scopes 1.1. Reciprocal suffix -au 1.2. On the suffix -sugiru 2. Nominal forming suffixes 2.1. Adjectival nominal forming suffixes. 2.2. Predicate nominal forming suffixes3. Subordinate clause suffixes 4. The domain of passive suffixation Chapter VI. Concluding Remarks Bibliography. Originally published in 1986, this book discussses how the proper boundary between the lexicon and syntax should be defined and examines various word formation processes in Japanese and English which involve some interaction of morphology and syntax.