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    "title": "Subject-Object Asymmetries of Topics in Japanese",
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    "abstract": "<p>This paper aims to syntactically explore subject-object asymmetries of (thematic) topics in Japanese. In particular, I observe that in Japanese, a subject topic and an object topic can co-occur in the same clause, but that the latter must precede the former. Based on this observation, I propose that there are two topic projections in Japanese, and that the higher projection hosts an object topic, while the lower one hosts a subject topic. I then investigate each of these two projections in more detail: Regarding the higher topic projection, I argue that it can host not only an object topic but also a gapless topic. Regarding the lower topic projection, I claim that it is A/A'P, a projection proposed by Bošković (2024a,b) which has mixed A- and A'-properties. This claim gives an account of the word order asymmetry between a subject topic and an object topic.</p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--></p>",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC-ND 4.0",
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        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"
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            "first_name": "Yuya",
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            "last_name": "Noguchi",
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            "institution": "Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology",
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    "date_submitted": "2025-07-15T19:00:55.787000+05:30",
    "date_accepted": "2025-07-16T01:52:03.567000+05:30",
    "date_published": "2025-07-07T15:30:00+05:30",
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