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On the Meaning of Japanese Yo

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This paper considers the semantics and pragmatics of the Japanese particle yo. I argue that the meaning of yo is underspecified between a modal meaning and a ‘strong assertion’. In addition, yo is associated with a presupposition for new information and a modal statement about hearer beliefs.

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  1. Department of Language and Information Science, Osaka University, Japan

    Elin McCready

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  1. ISIR, Osaka University, 8-1, Mihogaoka, 567-0047, Osaka, Ibaraki, Japan

    Takashi Washio

  2. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

    Akito Sakurai

  3. Dept. of Information Media, Tokyo Denki University, room 1009, 10th floor, building 11, 2-2, Kandanishikicho, Chiyodaku, 101-8457, Tokyo, Japan

    Katsuto Nakajima

  4. National Institute of Informatics, 2-1-2 Chiyoda-ku, 101-8430, Tokyo, Japan

    Hideaki Takeda

  5. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan

    Satoshi Tojo

  6. Department of ISEE, Kyushu University, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

    Makoto Yokoo

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McCready, E. (2006). On the Meaning of Japanese Yo . In: Washio, T., Sakurai, A., Nakajima, K., Takeda, H., Tojo, S., Yokoo, M. (eds) New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. JSAI 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11780496_17

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