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The local context of disjunction is not universal: A case study of Japanese

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Kurafuji (1998) observes that 'bathroom anaphora' is felicitous in Japanese with an overt pronoun, but not with a covert ‘pronoun.’ This study reexamines this observation. I argue that the infelicity of the overt pronoun should be attributed to the absence of the local context for the second disjunct. I also demonstrate that the covert ‘pronoun’ is not a genuine instance of bathroom anaphora. The covert argument results from eliding an indefinite through 'argument ellipsis'. The conclusion of this study implies that the local context of logical connectives is a locus of cross-linguistic/categorial variations.

Source: Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung

DOI: 10.18148/sub/2024.v28.1176

Author: Yagi, Yusuke

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W6963357032

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