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Putting Adpositions in Place: Sortal domains and modifier PPs in Japanese
Kaori Takamine
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 240] 2017
► pp. 179–242

Chapter 5
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Article outline
  • 5.1Comparing different approaches
  • 5.2Towards a new theory of modifier PPs
    • 5.2.1Movement analysis
    • 5.2.2Constraints on scope movement
      • PPs in the sortal domain
      • PPs as a modifier of semantic variables
  • 5.3Deriving the order among PPs
    • 5.3.1PPs in the event domain
      • Instrument/Means
      • Goal
      • SourcePath
      • SourceControl
      • Manner
      • Comitative
      • Material
      • Reason
    • 5.3.2PPs in the situation domain
      • Temp and Loc in the situation domain
      • Two types of Loc
    • 5.3.3Summary
  • 5.4Concluding remarks
  • Notes