目次
Preface
Introduction to the Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics
Contributors -- Introduction
Verbal constructions and related issues -- Transitivity in Japanese from a typological perspective
Non-canonical constructions in Japanese: A crosslinguistic perspective
Voice extension in passives and causatives
Causative constructions in Japanese and Korean
Entailed and intended results in Japanese and Burmese accomplishment verbs
Resultative constructions in Japanese from a typological perspective
Verb-Verb compounding in Japanese and Turkish
Ainu complex predicates with reference to Japanese --
Motion event descriptions in Japanese from typological perspectives
Deictic motion constructions in Japanese and Thai
Event integration patterns in Sidaama and Japanese
Nominal constructions and related issues -- Nominalization in crosslinguistic perspective
Clausal noun-modifying constructions
Noun-modifying constructions in Swahili and Japanese
Quantifier float in Japanese and English
Measure nouns and numerals
Japanese spatial deixis in crosslinguistic perspective
'Who', 'what', and 'which' in Japanese and Chinese
Inalienable possession in Japanese, English, and Warrongo
Aspect, modality, and predication --
Continuous aspects in Japanese, Newar and Meche
Modality in Japanese from a cross-linguistic perspective
Modality in Japanese and Spanish
Internal state predicates in Japanese and Thai
Property predication in Koryak viewed from Japanese
Subordination and insubordination in Japanese from a crosslinguistic perspective
