Study on So-called "Particle Ellipsis"
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Naoko MARUYAMA, Minako HASHIMOTO, Wakako KUWAHATA
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Tokyo Woman's Christian University<P>
Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167, Japan<P>
e-mail: maruyama@twcu.ac.jp
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We are studying so-called "particle ellipsis" from three different
view points : the determination of the case, the function of the
ellipsis, and the difference between spoken and written languages.
Our focus in this report is on the effectiveness of the valency data
in the IPAL dictionary in determining the case whose particle is
omitted. Generally speaking, it can be said that the IPAL dictionary
is useful. In 528 samples of case elements without a particle, 430
modify the verb immediately follows the case element, while 98 of them
have another element inbetween.  If the case element modifies the
immediately following verb, the omitted particle is 'wo' for the most
of the time.  If the case element is distant from the predicate verb,
it is more difficult to determine the function of the case and also
the element has a more topical role than as a case element.
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Keywords: particle ellipsis, determination of case, valency, topic     <P>