The Comparative Syntax of Korean and Japanese

by Sungdai Cho and Yutaka Sato

This book provides a detailed survey of Korean and Japanese syntax from a comparative perspective, based within a generative framework. Yukata Sato and Sungdai Cho demonstrate that while the two languages exhibit remarkably similar morphosyntactic features, they behave differently in specific types of construction, with the main differences observed in genitive marking, sentence negation, Negative Polarity Items, the formation of causatives, and passivization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198896468
• ISBN13: 9780198896463
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.1"