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1. 1. A corpus-based study on the syntactic compound verb -kiru in Japanese : How the prepositional verb affects the semantic meaning in the verb-kiru construc

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Axel Olsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Corpus study; linguistics; syntactic compound verb; semantics; auxiliary verbs;

   Abstract : This corpus-based study investigates the most frequent occurring prepositional verbs collocated with the Japanese syntactic compound verb -kiru and aims to establish how the prepositional verb affects the semantic meaning of the verb-kiru construct. The study uses sketchengine’s online database, “Japanese Web2011”, which contains around 8 billion Japanese terms collected from the internet from various online sources from 2011 and onwards. READ MORE

3. 2. Japanese compound verbs : compounded elements as suffixes?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Pontus Andersson; [2010]
   Keywords : sammansatta verb; japanska; compound verb; Japanese; verb suffix; syntax; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The previous classifications of Japanese verb-verb compounds – both syntactic and lexical – are described and their validity is tested in regard to syntax, semantics and lexicon though grammatical tests. Some comment on the possibilities of teaching Japanese compound verbs as suffixes is offered. READ MORE