{"pk":48986,"title":"On the Subject Orientation of Adverbs in Passives","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines the nature of passive sensitivity, focusing primarily on Japanese MA adverbs. We have aimed to test Kubota’s (2015) claim that MA adverbs in Japanese can adjoin at either a high or low position in the structure, yielding both SS and DS interpretations in passives. Using pseudoclefts, we examined whether each reading can be obtained while controlling for the adverb’s adjunction site. Our results provide empirical support for Kubota’s (2015) proposal. </p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Poster Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/849970ng","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"KAORI","middle_name":"","last_name":"MIURA","name_suffix":"","institution":"Kyushu Sangyo University","department":"International Studies of Culture"},{"first_name":"TOMOHIRO","middle_name":"","last_name":"FUJII","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2025-07-13T08:36:03.745000-04:00","date_accepted":"2025-07-13T12:24:24.701000-04:00","date_published":"2025-07-07T06:00:00-04:00","render_galley":{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/48986/galley/36915/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/48986/galley/36915/download/"}]}