Perspectives on topicalization : the case of Japanese Wa / edited by John Hinds, Senko K. Maynard, and Shoichi Iwasaki.

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TextSeries: Typological studies in language ; v. 14.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages)Content type:

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9789027278814
9027278814

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Contents:

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.

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Summary: 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.

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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.

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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.

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