Do modals take propositions or sets of propositions? Evidence from Japanese darou

Do modals take propositions or sets of propositions? Evidence from Japanese darou. Uegaki, W. & Roelofsen, F. In Maspong, S., Stefansdottir, B., Blake, K., & Davis, F., editors, Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT 28), pages 809-829, 2018. Linguistics Society of America.

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The Japanese modal particle darou can take either a declarative or an interrogative prejacent (Hara 2006; Hara & Davis 2013). We point out, however, that its interrogative-embedding use cannot be reduced to its declarative-embedding use. This is problematic under the standard assumption that modal operators always apply to propositions, but not under more recent proposals which take modal op- erators to apply to sets of propositions. We develop a detailed account of darou, capturing its non-reductive nature as well as its puzzling interaction with intonation (Hara 2015).

@inproceedings{UegakiRoelofsen:18,
	abstract = {The Japanese modal particle darou can take either a declarative or an interrogative prejacent (Hara 2006; Hara & Davis 2013). We point out, however, that its interrogative-embedding use cannot be reduced to its declarative-embedding use. This is problematic under the standard assumption that modal operators always apply to propositions, but not under more recent proposals which take modal op- erators to apply to sets of propositions. We develop a detailed account of darou, capturing its non-reductive nature as well as its puzzling interaction with intonation (Hara 2015).},
	author = {Uegaki, Wataru and Roelofsen, Floris},
	booktitle = {Semantics and Linguistic Theory (SALT 28)},
	date-modified = {2021-08-17 00:00:00 +0000},
	doi = {10.3765/salt.v28i0.4427},
	editor = {Sireemas Maspong and Brynhildur Stefansdottir and Katherine Blake and Forrest Davis},
	keywords = {inquisitive semantics,theoretical linguistics,modality,questions,attitude predicates},
	mendeley-tags = {inquisitive semantics,theoretical linguistics,modality,questions,attitude predicates},
	pages = {809-829},
	publisher = {Linguistics Society of America},
	title = {Do modals take propositions or sets of propositions? Evidence from Japanese darou},
	url = {https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/index.php/SALT/article/view/28.809},
	year = {2018},
	Bdsk-Url-1 = {https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/index.php/SALT/article/view/28.809},
	Bdsk-Url-2 = {https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v28i0.4427}}

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