Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
List of Tables xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
I Introduction 1
1.1 Government and Binding Theory 1
1.2 Outline 3
1.3 Background Assumptions 9
Footnotes to Chapter I 16
II Complex Predicates in Japanese 17
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 Lexical Derivation 33
2.3 Affix Raising Hypothesis 53
2.4 Further Motivations for the Affix Raising Hypothesis 116
2.5 Arguments against Lexical Derivation 184
Footnotes to Chapter II 204
III Deriving Subjects 220
3.1 Subjects in Japanese 220
3.2 Subjects in English 231
3.3 Summary 264
Footnotes to Chapter III 266
IV Binding Theory 273
4.1 Introduction 273
4.2 Subjects 275
4.3 Case Marking and Binding 289
4.4 Further Implications and Problems: An Initial Sketch 350
4.5 Concluding Remarks 365
Footnotes to Chapter IV 366
Appendix: Zibun 377
Bibliography 383
Additional Footnotes 399
