Chuj Modal Indefinite Fragment #
Lexical entries for Chuj yalnhej ([AOR24]) and komon ([AOR21]).
The modal flavor a yalnhej DP contributes depends on its structural
position and the predicate's volitionality ([AOR24],
§3.4): as an external argument it contributes epistemic modality only;
as an internal argument (object or passive subject) or adjunct of a
volitional predicate it contributes either epistemic or random-choice
modality. Voice morphology ([Coo19], voice heads in
Studies/Coon2019.lean) bears on this only by fixing where the DP
sits and whether an agent's decision subevent exists — the derivation
is formalized in Studies/AlonsoOvalleRoyer2024.lean (rcAvailable,
predictedMIFlavors).
yalnhej: number-neutral modal indefinite ([AOR24], §3.1, §4.2). At-issue, epistemic + random choice, not upper-bounded.
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komon: modal modifier conveying random-choice (circumstantial) modality ([AOR21]); never epistemic.
Caveats: hasUnremarkableReading holds of NP-komon only
([AOR24], §5); upperBounded := false and
numberNeutral := false are inapplicable rather than substantive —
komon-DPs are headed by the singular indefinite jun, so those
dimensions belong to the determiner; anchorConstraint := none
because komon fits neither constructor (never epistemic, yet fine
with non-volitional predicates) — the projection-function variation
[AOR24] §6.2 leaves open.
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The Chuj entries. The papers themselves decline to classify komon as a modal indefinite: [AOR21] analyzes it as a modal modifier (vP-, D-, or NP-level), not a determiner.