Japanese Mo: Universal, Additive, and NPI
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: This paper discusses four distinct functions of the Japanese particle mo, \nnamely, (i) the universal quantificational use of mo with an indeterminate; (ii) \nmo within a negative polarity item containing an indeterminate; (iii) mo within \na negative polarity item functioning as a minimizer; and (iv) additive mo. Starting \nwith Shimoyama (2001, 2006) and a significantly modified adaptation of \nKobuchi-Philips (2008a) analysis of universal quantifcational mo, this paper \nproposes a unified semantic analysis of all four uses of mo. It is argued that \nX-mo is syntactically an adjunct, and that its semantics involves (i) a condition \nof membership in the denotation of the DP construed with the mo-phrase \n(the Condition of Inclusion in Moltmann 1995), (ii) a condition of membership \nin the predicate denotation, and (iii) a condition requiring the existence of an \nadditional element with the same properties as the referent of what mo syntactically \ncombines with.
Source: Journal of Cognitive Science
Author: Mana Kobuchi-Philip
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2341270169