Fall, 2013 Colloquium 5
※ 國立清華大學語言所102學年度第一學期專題演講五 ※
演講者：Ken Hiraiwa 平岩健 (Meiji Gakuin University 明治学院大学)
演講題目：NP-Ellipsis: Deletion or Pronominalization?
時間：2013 年 10 月 30 日 (星期三) 中午 12 時 30 分
地點：清大人社院 B305 室
講題摘要：
Languages manifest ellipsis phenomena but mechanisms underlying them are not uniform (see Johnson 2001, Lobeck 2006, Merchant 2006). Regarding ellipsis within nominals, it has been argued in the literature that Japanese allows so-called N’-deletion (Jackendoff 1971, 1977; Saito and Murasugi 1990, Saito et al. 2008, Watanabe 2010, among others). This paper argues that what has been considered N’-deletion in Japanese is indeed better analyzed as an instance of pronominalization with a light noun and followed by haplology, for which a phase-based explanation will be proposed. In contrast, I argue that Shuri Okinawan, a Ryukyuan language, does allow syntactic deletion (in addition to pronominalization) and that this asymmetry is theoretically expected given the richer agreement syntax Shuri Okinawan has
演講者：Ken Hiraiwa 平岩健 (Meiji Gakuin University 明治学院大学)
演講題目：NP-Ellipsis: Deletion or Pronominalization?
時間：2013 年 10 月 30 日 (星期三) 中午 12 時 30 分
地點：清大人社院 B305 室
講題摘要：
Languages manifest ellipsis phenomena but mechanisms underlying them are not uniform (see Johnson 2001, Lobeck 2006, Merchant 2006). Regarding ellipsis within nominals, it has been argued in the literature that Japanese allows so-called N’-deletion (Jackendoff 1971, 1977; Saito and Murasugi 1990, Saito et al. 2008, Watanabe 2010, among others). This paper argues that what has been considered N’-deletion in Japanese is indeed better analyzed as an instance of pronominalization with a light noun and followed by haplology, for which a phase-based explanation will be proposed. In contrast, I argue that Shuri Okinawan, a Ryukyuan language, does allow syntactic deletion (in addition to pronominalization) and that this asymmetry is theoretically expected given the richer agreement syntax Shuri Okinawan has