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PERSPECTIVES ON TOPICALIZATION
THE CASE OF JAPANESE W A |
| By: |
John Hinds (Editor), Senko K. Maynard (Editor), Shoichi Iwasaki (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
902722885X |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027228857 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1987 |
| Series: |
Typological Studies in Language No. 14 |
| Pages: |
319 |
| Description: |
This volume brings together 16 scholars from Japan and America, all of whom have a single task: the elaboration of the description of "wa". Historical, formal and discourse perspectives are presented, making this volume a contribution to the overall description of the Japanese language. |
| Synopsis: |
Within the field of Japanese linguistics, few areas have generated as much controversy as the morpheme wa; traditionally described as a marker of old or contrasted information, its function as a discourse marker has also been studied. This work aims to deepen the understanding of wa through careful examination of the particle at both sentence and discourse levels in old Japanese as well as present-day Japanese. Previous studies have concentrated on syntactic analyses of wa. The contributors to this volume challenge the old approach and uncover new properties of wa. The four topics discussed are: wa in Narrative and Expository Discourse; wa and other Syntactic Phenomena; Historical Perspectives on wa and Pragmatic Perspectives on wa. |
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Netherlands |
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John Benjamins Publishing Co |
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Non-returnable |
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