Case Particle Errors in Japanese: Is the Nominative ga a Default Case Marker in Sentence Production?

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This study examines experimentally induced case particle errors in Japanese. It was found that the nominative ga was the pre-ferred particle for sentence-initial NPs and was the most fre-quently overused particle for argument NPs, providing some sup-port to the claim that ga is a default marker. The study also shows that case particle error occurrence depends on verb type, suggest-ing the importance in future studies of experimentally controlling or manipulating the number of opportunities for speakers to pro-duce NPs occurring with specific verb types. 1.

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