Bound variables in Japanese
Takaaki Hara · Linguistics in the Netherlands · 2000
4) Daremo i -ga zibun i -no/ec i sensei-osonkei si-te i-ru.everyone-nom self-gen teacher-acc respect do-nf be-npst 'Everyone respects self 's teacher.'How about the availability of a sloppy identity reading, then?Surprisingly, kare does allow a sloppy reading, as noted in Hoji (1997a, b).Thus, sentence (5) can have a sloppy as well as a strict reading.(5) (Hoji 1997a: 218) Mary-ga John-ni yorimo sakini Bill-ni kare-no hon-o Mary-nom John-dat than earlier Bill-dat he-gen book-acc suisen s-ase-ta.recommendation do-caus-past 'Mary made Bill recommend his book earlier than (Mary made) John.'