Chapter 11 On propositional anaphora: ‘Referential’ propositions and propositional proforms

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Chapter 11 On propositional anaphora: 'Referential' propositions and propositional proforms 1 IntroductionCross-linguistic research on nominalized vs. non-nominalized clausal complementation has shown that nominalized clauses tend to be associated with factive interpretation more readily than non-nominalized clauses are (Özyıldız 2017; Lee 2019; Bondarenko 2020; Bochnak and Hanink 2022).In the study of Japanese, for instance, koto, which can turn a finite clause into a nominal element, has been often described as the factive complementizer, as opposed to another element to, which has been described as a non-factive complementizer (e.g., Kuno 1973).1In this paper, we present a case study on nominalized clausal complements in non-factive belief reports, involving -ta-nun-kes and (-to-yuu)-no at the right periphery of such complements in Korean (1) (Shim and Ihsane 2015) and in Japanese (2), respectively.(1) na-nun [kay-ka swukecey-lul ta ha-yass-ta-nu I-TOP he-NOM homework-ACC all do-PST-DEC-ADN kes]-ul mit-e kes-ACC believe-DEC 'I believe that he finished his homework.'1 We can immediately see that this is not quite accurate as koto can be used in complements to predicates such as kitaisuru 'hope, expect', negau 'wish' and inoru 'pray'.

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