日本語「助詞」の形態と統語

要旨

The objective of this paper is to confirm the conclusion in Ueno (2016, 2025b) on the nature of joshi in Japanese grammar that it is a postposition (P) that takes its complement to project the postposition phrase (PP). In section 1, the nature of such expressions as ni tsuite was examined. It was confirmed that they are compound postpositions, consisting of two morphemes in morphology and constituting a single word in syntax. In section 2, two kinds of focus particles, namely kakari-joshi and huku-joshi, were examined. It was confirmed that they are adjuncts to a phrase or clause. In section 3, coordinative postpositions (heiritsu-joshi) were examined. They are also adjuncts to conjuncts. In section 4, interjective and final postpositions (kanto-joshi and shu-joshi) were examined. They are also adjuncts to a phrase or a clause. In the remainder of the paper, nine pieces of evidence were presented to refute the claim that Japanese postpositions are suffixes attached to nouns.

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