Projections of events and propositions in Japanese: A case study of Koto-nominalized clauses in causal relations

Autor:	Youngju Kim, Hiromu Sakai, Yurie Hara, Sanae Tamura
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Structure (mathematical logic) Linguistics and Language Semantics (computer science) Event (relativity) Operator (linguistics) Proposition Sociology Causation Syntax Language and Linguistics Linguistics Nominalization
Zdroj:	Lingua. 133:262-288
ISSN:	0024-3841
DOI:	10.1016/j.lingua.2013.05.003
Popis:	This paper proposes a syntax and semantics of nominalized clauses headed by koto in Japanese. We argue that the koto-nominalized clause can denote either a concrete event or an abstract proposition. Koto serves as a maximality operator for clauses as well as NPs. The sentential koto is syntactically ambiguous depending on the structure with which koto merges. Finally, our analysis also has a strong implication for the linguistic distinction between physical causation and causal judgment.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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