This paper examines lexical-semantic properties of verbs, adjectives and auxiliaries appearing in quasi-nominal phrases (quasi-nominal construction with adnominal verbal ending) which are accompanied by postpositional particle “yori,” “made,” “nado,” “to,” “no,” “kara,” “simo,” “gagoto,” “dani,” “tomo,” “nomi,”and “sae,” in comparison with those with other postpositional particle such as “wa” and “mo,” and other attributive constructions such as adnominal clauses or final-attributives (sentences ending in adnominal form) in colloquial Heian Japanese. The specific findings are as follows: (a) In quasi-nominal phrases with postpositional particle “yori,” “made,” “nado,” “to,” “no,” “kara,” “simo,” “gagoto,” “dani,” “tomo,” “nomi,” and “sae,” verbs of motion/change, verbs of emotion/thought/perception, verbs of existence are most frequent, in descending order. (b) In quasi-nominal phrases with postpositional particle “yori,” “made,” “nado,” “to,” “no,” “kara,” “simo,” “gagoto,” “dani,” “tomo,” “nomi,” and “sae,” two adjective types (emotional and intermediate) appear, but not type-attributive. (c) In quasi-nominal phrases with postpositional particle “yori,” “made,” “nado,” “to,” “no,” “kara,” “simo,” “gagoto,” “dani,” “tomo,” “nomi,” and “sae,”both past and perfect auxiliaries and conjecture auxiliaries are frequently used. It is revealed that there are some usage differences between quasi-nominal phrases with postpositional particle “yori,” “made,” “nado,” “to,” “no,” “kara,” “simo,” “gagoto,” “dani,” “tomo,” “nomi,” and “sae,” and those with other postpositional particle.
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