The case particles ga and wo cause alternation phenomena in constructions involving the expression of desire, potential verbs, and adjectival sukida.
This paper describes the alternation between ga and wo in the expressions of desire involving the aux...
The case particles ga and wo cause alternation phenomena in constructions involving the expression of desire, potential verbs, and adjectival sukida.
This paper describes the alternation between ga and wo in the expressions of desire involving the auxiliary verb tai, focusing on classical Japanese, in light of research on contemporary Japanese.
From the correspondence with the desire tai, it is clear that the frequency of the use of wo is overwhelmingly high. The use of ga was slightly more frequent until the Edo period, but the use of wo became more frequent after the Meiji period.
First, in the tai construction, which corresponds to the case particle ga, the focus is on the NP of the object, which directs an “unspecified” object. The tai wishing statement, which takes the ga case, is an expression that describes the subject’s present hope as it is.
The characteristics of tai constructions in the case wo are: (i) the first person pronoun is placed in the NP of the object; (ii) it indicates a <specific> object; (iii) it corresponds to a verbal noun; (iv) other words can intervene between the NP and VP; (v) the VP is weighted as what the subject wants; (vi) a strong statement of the subject’s will is expressed; (vii) the realization of the situation(desires) is acknowledged; (viii) the correspondence with negative expressions is more common than in the ga case; (ix) the predicate has a high transitivity.