Under the framework of the Minimalist Program, this book attempts
to clarify that greedy movement in Japanese fulfills locality and
is driven by checking theta roles as well as Case, categorial
features, and so on as formal features. The findings are as
follows: the Spec of TP and an uninterpretable [+V] feature make
successive cyclic verb raising possible, thus producing a complex
verb (Multiple Predicate Formation). MPF and the [+ Spec TP]
parameter attribute nonobligatory controlled PRO in the subject
position of the adjunct to checking the nominative Case at the Spec
of TP within the adjunct. Overt verb raising beyond the nonfinite
clause boundary enables the long distance A-movement in the control
constructions. The derivational difference among ni direct
passives, ni indirect passives, and ni yotte direct passives is due
to the three corresponding types of checking theta roles and Case.
The impossibility of scrambling ni indirect passives is predicted
by the exhaustion of the theta roles. The semantic difference
between o-causatives and ni-causatives is caused by dative NP's
checking Case and theta roles. No passives of noncoercive
causatives are produced because of the exhaustion of theta roles at
TP. The passivization in double object constructions are limited by
the functions of dative markers in Case and theta role checking.
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