[PDF][PDF] Clausal embedding under TO in Japanese as speech acts

D Goodhue, J Shimoyama - Proceedings of the 23rd …, 2022 - danielgoodhue.com
Proceedings of the 23rd Amsterdam Colloquium, 2022danielgoodhue.com
… • In selected cases like (1), we propose that the complement of V is a silent pronoun 𝛾
that picks up propositional content from the speech act embedded in the to-clause in the
preceding part of the sentencea … To capture this hedging effect, we hypothesize that the
pronoun 𝛾 is able to pick up biases associated with questions embedded under to … We
believe it may be explained by the special nature of to-clause embedding
(1) Yoko𝑘-wa Yoko-top [kanojo𝑘-no she-gen jooshi-ga boss-nom hannin culprit da cop to] to omot-te think-te iru. asp. npst ‘Yoko thinks that her boss is the culprit.’
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