What Could Dekiru Possibly Mean?

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  • W. L. Wight

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.534

Keywords:

Japanese language-- Verb, Japanese language-- Modailty

Abstract

DEKIRU is a Japanese verb with root and modal interpretations. The modal interpretations are dependent on the absence or presence of an agent and volition, with respect to an action, in a complement sentence predicated by DEKIRU.

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Vol. 5 (1980): Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics: Volume 5, (1980)

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Wight, . W. L. (1980). What Could Dekiru Possibly Mean?. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 5, 51-65. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.534