The lexical semantics of finite control: A view from Japanese

K Akuzawa, Y Kubota - Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we propose a semantic analysis of control verbs in Japanese that take finite
clauses marked by the nominalizer koto. We argue for an analysis in which the invisible …

[PDF][PDF] A semantic analysis of embedded tense in finite control in Japanese

Y Kubota, K Akuzawa - Japanese/Korean Linguistics, 2020 - researchmap.jp
Obligatory control is standardly observed in non-finite clauses, not in finite clauses. See, for
example, the contrast in (1) in English:(1) a. John planned [PRO to run for the election]. b …

Against finite raising (and against defective tense): A semantic analysis of-yooni naru in Japanese

K Akuzawa, Y Kubota - GENGO KENKYU (Journal of the Linguistic …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The change of state verb naru behaves like a raising verb when it takes a yooni-marked
complement clause. The syntactic status of the subject argument in this construction has …

[PDF][PDF] Domains of Finiteness in Japanese Control Structures

M SAKAGUCHI - ノートルダム清心女子大学紀要. 外国語・外国文学 …, 2022 - ndsu.repo.nii.ac.jp
0. Introduction It is controversial how the notion of finiteness can be defined in a language
like Japanese, which has no overt subject-verb agreement morphology. However, recent …