Ergativity of Nouns and Case Assignment Author(s): Natsuko Tsujimura Reviewed work(s): Source: Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp[removed]Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http: www.jstor.org s - Absolutive case - Document - PDFSEARCH.IO

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	Ergativity of Nouns and Case Assignment Author(s): Natsuko Tsujimura Reviewed work(s): Source: Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp[removed]Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/s Add to Reading List Document Date: 2013-09-04 10:39:03 Open Document File Size: 1,09 MB Share Result on Facebook Company MIT Press / / / Facility The Massachusetts Institute of Technology / / IndustryTerm paintedthe car / information technology / paintedthe car red / technology improvedto / paintedthe car yellow / car becameyellow / metal flat / / Organization Massachusetts Institute of Technology / MIT / / Person Beth Levin / Grimshawand Mester / Natsuko Tsujimura / / Position Author / obtaineda promotionto section chief / boxer / controller / / PublishedMedium Linguistic Inquiry / / Technology information technology / / URL http / SocialTag Linguistic morphology Grammar Ergative–absolutive language Unaccusative verb Japanese language Voice Causative Ergative verb Predicate Linguistics

Ergativity of Nouns and Case Assignment Author(s): Natsuko Tsujimura Reviewed work(s): Source: Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp[removed]Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/sAdd to Reading List