Raising to Object in Japanese: An HPSG Analysis

摘要

This paper discusses the so-called raising to object (RTO), which provides interesting problems with respect to the syntactic/semantic status of an accusative-marked NP. We argue that two types of matrix verb, control and raising, must be recognized in the construction. The linearization approach can capture the possibility of word order variation, especially, the distribution of accusative-marked NP in the construction. Moreover, we suggest that RTO involves a non-thematic NP related to the embedded predicate via predication.