The Passive in Japanese: A cartographic minimalist approach
Tomoko Ishizuka
This book describes and analyzes the passive voice system in Japanese within the framework of generative grammar. By unifying different types of passives conventionally distinguished within the literature, the book advances a simple minimalist account where various passive characteristics emerge… read more[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 192] 2012. xv, 249 pp.