CCG of Japanese Sentence-final Particles

vs. Aim To provide formalization of Japanese sentence-final particles in the framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar (CCG) (Steedman 1996, 2000, Szabolcsi 1987). Proposal I analyze particles such as yo and ne as verum focus operators (Höhle 1992, Romero & Han 2004). Previous Work There has not been much formal descriptions of these sentence-final particles so far. • Masuoka & Takubo (1992) • Takubo & Kinsui (1997): information-sharing marked by sentence-final particles • Chino (2001): pedagogical view point lists Japanese sentence-final particles and describe their meanings. M C d (2007) d i ti d l th Research Questions – What are the lexical categories and meaning of Japanese sentence-final particles? – Is subcategorization, e.g., SFOC, SQ, the right way to go? – Should semantics of questions and focus be reflected in types and categories (Hamblin 1973, Rooth 1996)? – What about direct compositionality (Barker & Jacobson 2007)? • c rea y : ynam c seman cs an re evance eory.