Pragmatics of Japanese : perspectives on grammar, interaction and culture / edited by Mutsuko Endo Hudson, Michigan State University ; Yoshiko Matsumoto, Stanford University ; Junko Mori, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Intro; Pragmatics of Japanese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Dedication; References; Foreword; Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1. Introduction; 2. The scope of inquiry: Past and present; 2.1 Grammar; 2.2 Interaction; 2.3 Culture; 3. Preview of the chapters; References; Part I. Grammar; Chapter 1. Reason-coding in Japanese: A Multiple Grammar perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. Multiple Grammar model; 3. Grammatical resources for reason-coding; 4. Data; 5. Grammatical resources for reason-coding in conversation and editorials; 5.1 Conversation; 5.1.1 Kara; 5.1.2 Shi.

5.1.3 Tame and node/nde5.1.4 Dakara; 5.2 Editorials; 5.2.1 Kara; 5.2.2 Shi; 5.2.3 Tame and node; 5.2.4 Dakara; 5.2.5 Relative clause; 6. Discussion; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A. Abbreviations; Appendix B. Transcription keys; Appendix C. Editorials in the original Japanese; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Amari/anmari/anma and totemo/tottemo in history and discourse: Interaction of negative polarity and positive polarity; 1. Introduction; 2. Corpus-based studies of totemo/tottemo and amari/anmari/anma; 2.1 Totemo/tottemo; 2.1.1 Distributional patterns: PPI vs. NPI.

2.1.2 Collocations/prefabs2.1.3 Summary; 2.2 Amari/anmari/anma; 2.2.1 Distributional patterns: PPI vs. NPI; 2.2.2 Collocations and syntactic environment; 2.2.3 Summary; 3. Diachronic development of totemo/tottemo; 3.1 Outline of the diachronic development with examples; 3.2 An explanatory account; 3.2.1 Counter-expectation factor; 3.2.2 Structural reanalysis of scope; 3.2.3 Bifurcation / divergence; 4. Diachronic development of amari /anmari/anma; 4.1 Outline of development with examples; 4.2 An explanatory account; 4.2.1 Counter-expectation factor and mitigating effect.

4.2.2 Structural reanalysis of scope4.2.3 Bifurcation / divergence; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 3. The form and meaning of the dangling mitaina construction in a network of constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. The structure of the dangling mitaina construction; 3. The meaning and pragmatics of the dangling mitaina construction; 3.1 Effect of missing noun; 3.2 Quotation of the original speaker's speech/thought or the speaker's stance?; 4. Summary and implications of the DMC in a network of constructions; 4.1 Summary; 4.2 Constructional implications of the DMC.

5. ConclusionList of abbreviations; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 4. "Late projectability" of Japanese turns revisited: Interrelation between gaze and syntax in Japanese conversations; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature review; 2.1 Late projectability of Japanese TCUs; 2.2 The role of gaze in social interaction; 3. Data; 4. Analysis: The timing of gaze shift with orientation to the "final" predicate; 5. Discussion: What does the speaker's mid-TCU gaze signal in terms of TCU/turn projection?; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Appendix; Transcript symbols; Abbreviations; References.

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