The Structure of Sluicing and the Availability of Strict and Sloppy Readings in Child Japanese
Akari Ohba, Ochanomizu university, a.mym.bg.125@gmail.com, Hiroyuki Shimada, Hokuriku University, h_shimada0525@yahoo.co.jp, and KyokoYamakoshi, Ochanomizu University, yamakoshi.kyoko@ocha.ac.jp. We would like to thank Tetsuya Sano, Takuya Goro, William Snyder, Diane Lillo Martin, Victoria Mateu, Nina Hyams, Kamil Ud Deen, Shin Fukuda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Martin Hackl, Athulya Aravind, Yoshiki Fujiwara, Masataka Yano, the audience at BUCLD42 and TPL members for their valuable comments on the earlier versions of this paper. We are grateful to the children and the teachers at Hagioka Kindergarten in Shizuoka. This study was partly supported by Paula Menyuk Travel Award given to Akari Ohba and the research grant given to Kyoko Yamakoshi from Ochanomizu University. The usual disclaimers apply.