Susumu Kuno

List of John Benjamins publications in which Susumu Kuno is involved.

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Functional Constraints in Grammar: On the unergative–unaccusative distinction

Susumu Kuno and Ken-ichi Takami

This book examines in detail the acceptability status of sentences in the following five English constructions, and elucidates the syntactic, semantic, and functional requirements that the constructions must satisfy in order to be appropriately used: There-Construction, (One’s) Way Construction,… read more

[Constructional Approaches to Language, 1] 2004. ix, 242 pp.

Articles (6) | Order by:

Kuno, Susumu and Yuki Johnson 2005 On the non-canonical double nominative construction in Japanese: The particle ga as an object marker Studies in Language 29:2, pp. 285–328 | Article

Japanese has two types of double nominative constructions — the first exemplified by sentences such as Taroo ga otoosan ga sinda “Taro — (his) father has died,” and the second by sentences such as Taroo ga eigo ga yoku dekiru “Taro can (speak) English well.” Kuno (1973a, b) claimed that the first… read more

Kuno, Susumu and Ken-ichi Takami 1997 Structural or Functional Accounts? Directions in Functional Linguistics, Kamio, Akio (ed.), pp. 221–250 | Article

Kuno, Susumu 1987 Honorific Marking in Japanese and the Word Formation Hypothesis of Causatives and Passives Studies in Language 11:1, pp. 99–128 | Article

Kuno, Susumu and Graziella Tonfoni 1983 On Some Functional Constraints on Cliticization in Italian Studies in Language 7:1, pp. 65–88 | Article

Cliticization in Italian has been relatively well studied from a syntactic point of view, but it has not been examined at all from a functional standpoint. This paper addresses itself to the task of identifying various discourse constraints on the process. First, we propose that a focus constituent… read more

Kuno, Susumu and Preya Wongkhomthong 1981 Relative Clauses in Thai Studies in Language 5:2, pp. 195–226 | Article

Kuno, Susumu and Preya Wongkhomthong 1981 Characterizational and Identificational Sentences in Thai Studies in Language 5:1, pp. 65–109 | Article