Ellipsis of case-markers and information structure in Japanese

Authors

  • Yo Sato Department of Computer Science University of Hertfordshire
  • Wai Lok Tam National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2012.25

Abstract

This paper presents an HPSG formalisation of how the ellipsis of case-marking affects the focus of the clause in Japanese. We restrict our attention to the nominative and accusative markers ga and o, and in view of the fact that the ellipsis effects on focushood vary between 1) ga and o and 2) different argument structures of the head verb, develop an essentially lexicalist account that combines both aspects, in which the implicit focus argument position is specified in the predicate. We argue that if a constituent is an implicit focus it does not, while if one is not it does, require a case-marker to be focused.

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Published

2012-10-13

How to Cite

Sato, Yo & Tam, Wai Lok. 2012. Ellipsis of case-markers and information structure in Japanese. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar 443–453. (doi:10.21248/hpsg.2012.25) (https://proceedings.hpsg.xyz/article/view/793) (Accessed March 29, 2024.)