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Dissertation Information for Hisami Konishi Springer

NAME:
- Hisami Konishi Springer

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Linguistics

SCHOOL:
- University of Hawaii (USA) (1993)

ADVISORS:
- None

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected

Title: Perspective-shifting constructions in Japanese: A lexicase dependency analysis

Abstract: "This dissertation is an analysis of perspective-shifting constructions in Japanese in the framework of lexicase, a strictly constrained lexicon-driven approach to dependency grammar which has been used in the analysis of 76 languages. 'Perspective-shifting' refers to strategies for alternative lexical encodings of a single external event. Constructions containing such related words encode distinct conceptual events. All languages make available mechanisms for using a single root, corresponding roughly to a single objective event, to appear as the stem of distinct but related words in different syntactic patterns. When such mechanisms involve the creation of words differing in lexically encoded case relation configurations, they will be referred to as 'perspective-shifting' mechanisms. The grammatical principles governing perspective-shifting constructions representing a single event are conceived of as mapping relationships between the heads of different constructions, and are formalized in terms of Derivation Rules. These rules state correspondences between dependents of the heads of the constructions, and indirectly formalize the relation between corresponding constituents in these constructions as well.

The data investigated in this study consist of a broad range of constructions selected from literary works by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Yasunari Kawabata, adapted and supplemented with my own examples.

Chapter I defines 'perspective-shifting constructions' and reviews previous studies from the 1930's to the present. It is followed by a presentation of the analytical framework and an updated localistic description of the Japanese case marking system. Chapter 2 introduces the lexical formalization system as well as the criteria and tests used in subcategorizing Japanese verbs. Chapters 3 and 4 present an analysis of the 16 primary intransitive and transitive subclasses. These two chapters represent a major expansion and refinement of earlier lexicase grammatical subcategorizations of Japanese verbs, achieve a fit between semantic and syntactic properties of the verbs investigated, and reveal a high degree of cross-class symmetry of subcategorization within the primary classes. Chapter 5 formally characterizes derivational relationships between the head words of constructions in terms of perspective shifts, and establishes a probably universal typology of inter-verbal derivational relationships. Chapter 6 lists the contributions made by the study and points out remaining problems."

MPACT Scores for Hisami Konishi Springer

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:31:30

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