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The Role of Prosody and Information Structure in Licensing Ellipsis: Particle Stranding Ellipsis in Japanese
by Mizuki Sakamoto and Jo Wakashiba
Languages 2025, 10(11), 280; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages10110280 - 4 Nov 2025
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Japanese noun phrases typically consist of nouns and particles, but there is an ellipsis phenomenon called Particle Stranding Ellipsis (PSE) where nouns are elided with a particle left. A PF-based deletion analysis of PSE has been proposed, but there are several criticisms against [...] Read more.
Japanese noun phrases typically consist of nouns and particles, but there is an ellipsis phenomenon called Particle Stranding Ellipsis (PSE) where nouns are elided with a particle left. A PF-based deletion analysis of PSE has been proposed, but there are several criticisms against it. Thus, it remains elusive what condition is imposed on the licensing of PSE. In this paper, we will formulate a finer-grained phonological theorization of PSE. Our analysis employs a phonological constraint, StrongStart, and information structural factors like givenness and foci, and characterizes PSE as an edge deletion applying to pragmatically given materials at the left edge of intonation phrases. Under this analysis, information structure plays an important role in ellipsis licensing: givenness feeds and foci bleed PSE. We demonstrate that this analysis can handle data that is problematic for the previous string deletion approach. Full article
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Revisiting Particle-Stranding Ellipsis: A Critical Comparison of Two Analyses
by Ryuta Ono
Languages 2025, 10(9), 216; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages10090216 - 29 Aug 2025
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This paper presents novel evidence that particle-stranding ellipsis in Japanese is best accounted for by PF-deletion rather than by its theoretical competitor, LF-copying. I begin by examining a central prediction of the LF-copying analysis, which states that overt extraction is categorically ruled out, [...] Read more.
This paper presents novel evidence that particle-stranding ellipsis in Japanese is best accounted for by PF-deletion rather than by its theoretical competitor, LF-copying. I begin by examining a central prediction of the LF-copying analysis, which states that overt extraction is categorically ruled out, and show that this prediction is not supported by the empirical data. Additional evidence comes from covert across-the-board movement, as I demonstrate that particle-stranding ellipsis can occur in environments that are argued to involve this type of movement. This finding presents a serious derivational challenge to the LF-copying theory, given the widely accepted view that covert across-the-board movement is not permitted in the grammar. In addition to these syntactic observations, I present previously unreported prosodic evidence showing that particle-stranding ellipsis involving the negative polarity item -sika can exhibit focus intonation. As the LF-copying analysis cannot account for this prosodic pattern, the data provide strong support for the PF-deletion account. Finally, I show that these findings are well explained by the phonology-based deletion model that was originally proposed in the literature. Full article
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