【Contents】
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
CHAPTER I Introduction
CHAPTER II Agrammatism
2.1 Characteristics of agrammatism
2.2 Linguistic significance of studying agrammatism
2.3 Preceding studies of the incorrect realization of semantic relations in production in agrammatism
2.4 Preceding studies of case particles in Japanese agrammatism
CHAPTER III Theoretical Background
CHAPTER IV Experiments and Analysis
4.1 Data 1
4.2 Data 2
4.3 Correct and incorrect case particles in Data 1 and Data 2
4.3.1 -Ga
4.3.2 -Ni and -kara
4.4 Data 3
CHAPTER V Discussion
5.1 Data 1 and Data 2
5.1.1 Syntactic account
5.1.2 Explanation within the framework of Cognitive Grammar
5.1.2.1 -Ga
5.1.2.2 -Ni and -kara
5.2 Data 3
5.2.1 Syntactic account
5.2.2 Explanation within the framework of Cognitive Grammar
5.3 Interim conclusion
CHAPTER VI The Omission of Case Particles
6.1 The omission of case particles in Japanese agrammatism
6.2 The omission of case particles in informal Japanese speech
6.3 Discussion
CHAPTER VII Agrammatism and Acquisition
7.1 The Regression Hypothesis
7.1.1 Preceding studies supporting the Regression Hypothesis
7.1.2 Passive sentences
7.1.3 Discussion
7.2 The action chain and language specificity in acquisition
7.2.1 Dominance of the agent-patient word order
7.2.2 Facts about language specificities in acquisition
7.2.3 The stage prior to the acquisition of language specificities
7.3 The action chain and language specificity in agrammatism
7.3.1 Data A
7.3.2 Data B
7.3.3 Discussion
7.3.3.1 The analysis of Data A and Data B
7.3.3.2 Language-specific factors
CHAPTER VIII Speech Errors
8.1 The linguistic significance of studying errors in speech of normal people
8.2 Preceding studies
8.3 Speech errors in Japanese: -ga and -o
8.4 Discussion