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Abbreviations |
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1 | (18) |
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1.2 Theoretical background |
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1.2.1 The Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995, 2005, 2008) |
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1.2.2 The Cartography of syntactic structures (Cinque 1999, 2006) |
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1.2.3 The Sortal domains (Svenonius and Ramchand 2014) |
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9 | (7) |
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16 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Analyzing PPs: Previous proposals on preposition ordering |
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19 | (8) |
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27 | (4) |
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31 | (5) |
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36 | (6) |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (9) |
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2.6.1 Quantifier scope test |
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46 | (4) |
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2.6.2 Informational focus test |
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50 | (2) |
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2.6.3 Pair-list reading test |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (5) |
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59 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 The hierarchy of PPs in Japanese |
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3.1 Modifier postpositional phrases in Japanese |
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61 | (14) |
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3.1.1 Difference between modifiers and arguments |
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61 | (4) |
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3.1.2 The list of modifier PPs under examination |
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65 | (10) |
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3.2 The order of PPs in Japanese |
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75 | (23) |
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3.2.1 Focus neutral order |
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75 | (12) |
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87 | (7) |
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3.2.3 Results of the tests |
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94 | (4) |
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3.3 Unifying the hierarchies |
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98 | (10) |
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3.3.1 Intermediate PP positions |
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3.3.2 Temporal and Locative |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Mapping of PPs onto the Modal/Aspect field |
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109 | (70) |
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110 | (13) |
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4.1.1 Bi-clausal approaches |
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110 | (11) |
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4.1.2 Functional projection analysis |
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121 | (2) |
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4.2 Interaction between aspectual verbs and PPs |
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123 | (21) |
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4.2.1 Compositionality `scope' |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (3) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (6) |
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4.3.1 Result/progressive aspect |
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144 | (3) |
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4.3.2 Interaction between result/progressive aspect and PPs |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (17) |
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4.4.1 Fine-grained modal types |
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150 | (4) |
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4.4.2 Clearing the aspect positions in the modal field |
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154 | (13) |
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4.5 Interaction between modals and PPs |
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167 | (10) |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Possible analysis |
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5.1 Comparing different approaches |
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179 | (2) |
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5.2 Towards a new theory of modifier PPs |
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181 | (16) |
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181 | (7) |
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5.2.2 Constraints on scope movement |
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188 | (9) |
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5.3 Deriving the order among PPs |
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197 | (43) |
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5.3.1 PPs in the event domain |
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198 | (34) |
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5.3.2 PPs in the situation domain |
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232 | (7) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (3) |
References |
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Index |
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