Seiki Ayano

List of John Benjamins publications for which Seiki Ayano plays a role.

Articles

Ayano, Seiki 2004 The Layered Internal Structure of Spatial PPsAdpositions of Movement, Cuyckens, Hubert, Walter De Mulder and Tanja Mortelmans (eds.), pp. 3–27 | Article
The principal goal of this paper is to show that spatial PPs in English and Dutch have a layered internal structure. In these languages, we find PP constructions containing multiple Ps, which can be analyzed as having a layered PP structure. That is, [+locational] PP headed by lexical P is embedded… read more
Ayano, Seiki 1998 The Progressive in Japanese and Temporal Advancement in NarrativeTense and Aspect: The contextual processing of semantic indeterminacy, Vogeleer, Svetlana, Walter De Mulder and Ilse Depraetere (eds.), pp. 1–19 | Article
Abstract. Various studies have indicated that the aspectual class controls the narrative temporal structure. In principle, sentences with a bound/perfcctive interpretation advance time in narrative. For example, a sentence with either an achievement or an accomplishment predicate does not overlap… read more