Abstract
This paper replies to Kishimoto’s (2008, J East Asian Linguist 17: 141–179) challenge to Miyagawa and Tsujioka (2004, J East Asian Linguist 13: 1–38) on the use of idioms as evidence for the base-generation hypothesis for Japanese ditransitives. I will point out problems with Kishimoto’s proposal, then present alternative analyses of Kishimoto’s data. I will argue that a closer look at a wider range of data including mixed marking cases of sa-nominalization in both idiomatic and non-idiomatic contexts lends further support for Miyagawa and Tsujioka (2004). In so doing, I will present data that support Watanabe (2009, J East Asian Linguist 19:61–74) to posit dual status of no.
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