Ellipsis of SAY, THINK, and DO in Japanese subordinate clauses: A constructional analysis

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https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2015.10

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This paper addresses some Japanese constructions where the predicate heading a subordinate clause – specifically, a suspensive form of IU 'say', OMOU 'think' or SURU 'do' – appears to be elided. I will discuss that these elliptic constructions are subject to certain syntactic and interpretative constraints which do not apply to their non-elliptic counterparts, and develop an SBCG-analysis that aims to model these constraints without postulating a covert element in the place of the missing verb.

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2015-10-15

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Oshima, David Y. 2015. Ellipsis of SAY, THINK, and DO in Japanese subordinate clauses: A constructional analysis. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar 157–176. (doi:10.21248/hpsg.2015.10) (https://proceedings.hpsg.xyz/article/view/834) (Accessed March 29, 2024.)