TY - BOOK AU - Hinds,John AU - Maynard,Senko K. AU - Iwasaki,Shōichi TI - Perspectives on topicalization: the case of Japanese Wa T2 - Typological studies in language SN - 9789027278814 AV - PL669.W3 P47 1987eb U1 - 495.6/2 22 PY - 1987/// CY - Amsterdam, Philadelphia PB - J. Benjamins Pub. Co. KW - Wa (The Japanese word) KW - Wa (Le mot japonais) KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY KW - Japanese KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - gnd KW - Japans KW - gtt KW - Tekstgrammatica KW - Topic (taalwetenschap) KW - Japonais (langue) KW - Sujet et prédicat KW - ram KW - Wa (le mot japonais) KW - wa KW - swd KW - Japanisch KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; pt. 1. Wa in narrative and expository discourse -- pt. 2. Wa and other syntactic phenomena -- pt. 3. Historical perspectives on Wa -- pt. 4. Pragmatic perspectives on Wa; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - 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 ar UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=395343 ER -