Figure 3.1. Inflectional paradigm of Japanese lexical verbs (plain form).

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Figure 3.2. Inflectional paradigm of Japanese lexical verbs (polite form).

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Figure 3.3. The structure of the word yom-are-masi-ta.

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Figure 3.4. Information flow in inflectional structures.

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Figure 3.5. The structure of the verb si-te mi-masi-ta.

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Figure 3.6. The tree diagram for Japanese case-marked NP.

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Figure 3.7. a-structure, f-structure, and c-structure correspondence for (active) neko-ga sakana-o tabe-ta.

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Figure 3.8. a-structure, f-structure, and c-structure correspondence for (passive) sakana-ga neko-ni tabe-rare-ta.

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