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kn-title=Against verb-stranding VP-ellipsis in Japanese: reply to Funakoshi (2016)
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kn-abstract=Japanese has a deletion operation, called argument ellipsis, that targets arguments (Oku in A theory of selection and reconstruction in the minimalist program, 1998). The operation does not apply to adjuncts, and thus, adjuncts are unelidable. Funakoshi (J East Asian Linguist 25(2):113–42, 2016), following in the footsteps of Otani and Whitman (Linguist Inquiry 22:345–58, 1991), argues that adjuncts can be elided when V-stranding VP-deletion applies. This article refutes Funakoshi’s proposal. Under rigorous control, adjuncts are generally unelidable even when the context strongly favors the adjunct inclusive interpretation, showing that the language lacks VP-deletion. It is also shown that, for a small number of speakers who permit the adjunct inclusive interpretation, the interpretation is sensitive to island constraints. The observation is attributed to covert right dislocation (Tanaka in J Linguist 37:551–79, 2001), marginally available for such speakers.
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en-aut-name=TanakaHidekazu
en-aut-sei=Tanaka
en-aut-mei=Hidekazu
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en-affil=Faculty of Letters, Okayama University
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en-keyword=Adjuncts
kn-keyword=Adjuncts
en-keyword=Argument ellipsis
kn-keyword=Argument ellipsis
en-keyword=Island constraints
kn-keyword=Island constraints
en-keyword=Right dislocation
kn-keyword=Right dislocation
en-keyword=VP-deletion
kn-keyword=VP-deletion
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dt-pub-year=2016
dt-pub=20161226
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en-title=The Cartography of Focus Particles
kn-title=とりたて詞のカートグラフィー
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en-aut-name=TanakaHidekazu
en-aut-sei=Tanaka
en-aut-mei=Hidekazu
kn-aut-name=田中秀和
kn-aut-sei=田中
kn-aut-mei=秀和
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kn-affil=岡山大学文学部
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