Editing Japanese counter word (section)

== Phrase structure involving numerals and counters ==
[[File:Japanese Nominal structure.png|thumb|Japanese Nominal Structure as proposed by Akira Watanabe]]
In [[generative grammar]], one proposed structure of Japanese nominal phrases includes three layers of functional projections: #P, CaseP, and QuantifierP.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Watanabe|first=Akira|date=February 2006|title=Functional Projections of Nominals in Japanese: Syntax of Classifiers*|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11049-005-3042-4|journal=Natural Language & Linguistic Theory|volume=24|issue=1|pages=241–306|doi=10.1007/s11049-005-3042-4|s2cid=33599661|issn=0167-806X|url-access=subscription}}</ref>  Here, #P is placed above NP to explain Japanese's lack of plural morphology, and to make clear the # head is the stem of such morphology.<ref name=":0" /> This structure relies on [[Syntactic movement|movement]] in order to satisfy agreement via [[extended projection principle]] features.{{clarifyme|date=December 2022}}<ref name=":0" />