Presentation 2016-12-16
[Invited Talk] Why-Stripping in English and Korean: A Direct Interpretation Approach
Jong-Bok Kim,
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Abstract(in English) TheWhy-strippingconstructionconsistsofwhyandaremnantbutconveysthesamepropositionalcontent as fully sentential source, inducing form-meaning mismatch. Similar to other ellipsis phenomena such as sluicing, the construction thus allows to unexpress clausal material, but the unexpressed, elided material needstoberecoveredinaproperway. Thispaperdiscussestwodifferentapproachesfortheanalysisofthe Why-strippinginEnglishandKorean: ellipsis anddirectinterpretationapproaches. Discussing severalkey empirical facts, the paper argues for a direct interpretation (DI) approach, couched upon the framework of Construction-based HPSG and an independently motivated theory of dialogue context.
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Keyword(in English) why-strippingellipsisdeletiondirect interpretationquestion-under-discussion
Paper # TL2016-37
Date of Issue 2016-12-09 (TL)

Conference Information
Committee TL
Conference Date 2016/12/16(3days)
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Place (in English) Room 303/304/305, Building #8, Waseda University
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Theme 1: Language and Learning, Theme 2: Co-creation in a place, Emergence of meaning
Chair Masami Suzuki(KDDI Research, Inc.)
Vice Chair Chiaki Kubomura(Yamano College of Aesthetics)
Secretary Chiaki Kubomura(Ehime Univ.)
Assistant Yasushi Tsubota(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.) / Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Thought and Language
Language ENG
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
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Title (in English) [Invited Talk] Why-Stripping in English and Korean: A Direct Interpretation Approach
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) why-strippingellipsisdeletiondirect interpretationquestion-under-discussion
1st Author's Name Jong-Bok Kim
1st Author's Affiliation Kyung Hee University(Kyung Hee Univ)
Date 2016-12-16
Paper # TL2016-37
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) TL-368
Page pp.pp.1-8(TL),
#Pages 8
Date of Issue 2016-12-09 (TL)