Constraining Interpretation: Sentence Final Particles in Japanese
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CONSTRAINING INTERPRETATION: SENTENCE FINAL PARTICLES IN JAPANESE
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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) ...
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