On the So-Called Thematic Use of Wa: Reconsideration and Reconciliation

PACLIC 23 / City University of Hong Kong / 3-5 December 200

On the Functional Differences between the Discourse Particles Ne and Yone in Japanese

The Japanese discourse particles (sentence-final particles) ne and yone both have the functions that can be roughly characterized as the ⟨shared information ⟩ use and the ⟨call for confirmation ⟩ use. In the literature, an ad-equate descriptive analysis has not been ob-tained as to how the choice between the two particles is made. This paper aims to clarify discourse conditions under which ne and yone can be felicitously used.

On the morphological status of -te, -ta, and related forms in Japanese: Evidence from accent placement

Abstract The morphological structure of Japanese predicate forms with the morphemes /te/, /ta/, /tara/, /tari/, and /taQte/ (the t-morphemes), has been a point of contention. Modern grammarians have tended to consider the t-morphemes as inflectional affixes that directly follow the stem (the "attachment-to-stem" analysis). On the other hand, in the current school grammar (gakkoo bunpoo), as well as in some contemporary scholarly works, they are regarded as particles or the like following the infinitive form (ren'yookei) of a predicate (the "attachmentto-infinitive" analysis). This paper argues for the second view. With experimental data, it will be demonstrated that a t-morpheme may be separated from its host (the preceding item) by an accent phrase boundary with the host having the accent pattern expected for an infinitive form, whereas inflectional affixes like /reba/ (provisional) and /ru/ (present indicative) lack this property. This prosodic contrast agrees well with the "attachment-to-infinitive" analysis, while it is hard to account for under the "attachment-to-stem" analysis

Iconicity, Implicature, and the Manner Interpretation of Coordination Structure: Through Comparison of English and French

BLS 38: General Session and Thematic Session on Language Contac

Ellipsis of SAY, THINK, and DO in Japanese subordinate clauses: A constructional analysis

Abstract This paper addresses some Japanese constructions where the predicate heading a subordinate clause -specifically, a suspensive form of IU 'say', OMOU 'think', or SURU 'do' -appears to be elided. I will discuss that these elliptic constructions are subject to certain syntactic and interpretative constraints which do not apply to their non-elliptic counterparts, and develop an SBCG-analysis that aims to model these constraints without postulating a covert element in the place of the missing verb

GO and COME Revisited: What Serves as a Reference Point?

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Analysis of acoustic emission during the melting of embedded indium particles in an aluminum matrix: a study of plastic strain accommodation during phase transformation

Acoustic emission is used here to study melting and solidification of embedded indium particles in the size range of 0.2 to 3 um in diameter and to show that dislocation generation occurs in the aluminum matrix to accommodate a 2.5% volume change. The volume averaged acoustic energy produced by indium particle melting is similar to that reported for bainite formation upon continuous cooling. A mechanism of prismatic loop generation is proposed to accommodate the volume change and an upper limit to the geometrically necessary increase in dislocation density is calculated as 4.1 x 10^9 cm^-2 for the Al-17In alloy. Thermomechanical processing is also used to change the size and distribution of the indium particles within the aluminum matrix. Dislocation generation with accompanied acoustic emission occurs when the melting indium particles are associated with grain boundaries or upon solidification where the solid-liquid interfaces act as free surfaces to facilitate dislocation generation. Acoustic emission is not observed for indium particles that require super heating and exhibit elevated melting temperatures. The acoustic emission work corroborates previously proposed relaxation mechanisms from prior internal friction studies and that the superheat observed for melting of these micron-sized particles is a result of matrix constraint.Comment: Presented at "Atomistic Effects in Migrating Interphase Interfaces - Recent Progress and Future Study" TMS 201