Japanese coordinators

Japanese coordinates noun phrases with enclitic particles: to 'and', on the first conjunct, which is also the comitative marker; mo 'and', on each conjunct, which is also the additive particle 'too' and the universal particle of the indeterminate quantifiers (dare-mo 'everyone'); and ka 'or', which is also the question particle and the existential particle of the indeterminate quantifiers (dare-ka 'someone'); the indeterminate quantifiers built on mo and ka are in Fragments/Japanese/Determiners.lean.

Main definitions

• Japanese.Coordination.to_, Japanese.Coordination.mo, Japanese.Coordination.ka: the three particles.

References

• [Has07]
• [MS16a]
• [Sta00]

def Japanese.Coordination.to_ : Coordinator

to 'and', enclitic on the first conjunct, also the comitative postposition 'with', Japanese.Adpositions.«to».

Equations

• Japanese.Coordination.to_ = { morph := Morphology.Morph.encl "to", gloss := "and", role := Coordinator.Role.conjunctive }

def Japanese.Coordination.mo : Coordinator

mo 'and', enclitic on each conjunct, also the additive particle Japanese.FocusParticles.mo and the universal particle of the indeterminates, Japanese.Determiners.dare_mo.

Equations

• Japanese.Coordination.mo = { morph := Morphology.Morph.encl "mo", gloss := "and", role := Coordinator.Role.conjunctive }

def Japanese.Coordination.ka : Coordinator

ka 'or', enclitic, also the question particle and the existential particle of the indeterminates, Japanese.Determiners.dare_ka.

Equations

• Japanese.Coordination.ka = { morph := Morphology.Morph.encl "ka", gloss := "or; question; some", role := Coordinator.Role.disjunctive }