{"pk":49027,"title":"Verb Reduplication in Japanese","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper investigates verb reduplication (VR) in Japanese, focusing on three key properties: (i) the obligatory insertion of the light verb <em>su</em>, (ii) iterative aspectual meaning, and (iii) total reduplication of the verbal stem. Drawing on the framework of Distributed Morphology, I argue that VR is mediated by an aspectual head (Asp) that projects between vP and VoiceP. This head simultaneously blocks head movement (triggering <em>su</em> insertion), introduces the [iterative] aspectual feature, and undergoes morphological reduplication via a RED morpheme. The analysis accounts for the syntactic, semantic, and morphophonological properties of VR and extends to related constructions like <em>hito</em>-V compounds. The findings contribute to our understanding of aspectual morphology and the interaction between syntax and morphology in Japanese.</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/2c96n0mw","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Takayuki","middle_name":"","last_name":"Akimoto","name_suffix":"","institution":"Kogakuin University","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2025-07-17T00:28:36.993000Z","date_accepted":"2025-07-17T20:22:29.431000Z","date_published":"2025-07-07T10:00:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/49027/galley/36961/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/49027/galley/36961/download/"}]}