1999年12月18日

とき：

12月18日（土）3:00pm

ところ：

上智大学中央図書館6階 L-620

発表者：

蔵藤健雄（琉球大学）

タイトル：

A Dynamic Semantic Approach to the Null/Overt Contrast in Japanese Pronouns

概要：

In this talk, I will examine Japanese donkey pronouns and claim that overt pronouns are interpreted only as variables that need to be dynamically bound, whereas null pronouns are ambiguous between variables and E-type pronouns, based on the fact that null pronouns are perfect while overt pronouns are less acceptable in narrative sequence sentences with universally quantified antecedents (e.g. John tried driving every car in the used car shop. They/*It ran better than expected.), in paycheck sentences (e.g. Every man but John gave his paycheck to his wife. John gave it to his mistress.) and in bathroom sentences (e.g. It is the case whether this building does not have a bathroom or that it is in a funny place). This observation supports the view that dynamic binding and the E-type strategy are both available in natural language. I will also discuss alternatives to the semantics of null pronouns such as a kind anaphora appraoch and a property anaphora appoach, arguing that the E-type approach is favored over them. Finally I will argue that the anti-E-type property of overt pronouns drives from the fact that they belong to the demonstratives paradigm (_So_-series demonstratives).