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Title Perspectives on topicalization : the case of Japanese Wa / edited by John Hinds, Senko K. Maynard, and Shoichi Iwasaki
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 306 pages)
Series Typological studies in language ; v. 14
Typological studies in language ; v. 14
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
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
Analysis Wa (The Japanese word)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Wa (The Japanese word)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Japanese.
Wa (The Japanese word)
Aufsatzsammlung
wa
Japans.
Tekstgrammatica.
Topic (taalwetenschap)
Japonais (langue) -- Sujet et prédicat.
Wa (le mot japonais)
Wa (The Japanese word)
Japonais (langue)
Japanisch.
Form Electronic book
Author Hinds, John.
Maynard, Senko K.
Iwasaki, Shōichi.
ISBN 9789027278814
9027278814