| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 397 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; 66 |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 66.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Various approaches to anaphora -- Predicate devices: argument-inferring morphemes -- Sentence devices I: the principle of direct alignment -- Sentence devices II: principles of argument ellipsis -- Discourse devices: ellipsis as the unmarked representation of sameness -- Algorithm |
| Summary |
In many East Asian languages, despite the prevalent occurrence of implicit reference, reference management is largely achieved without recourse to familiar agreement features. For this reason, recovering ellipted reference has been a perplexing problem in the analysis of these languages. This book elucidates the linguistic mechanisms for ellipsis resolution in Japanese, mechanisms which involve complex processes of inference that integrate grammatical, sociolinguistic, and discourse considerations with real world knowledge. These processes are realised in an integrated algorithm, the validity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Japanese language -- Ellipsis
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Japanese language -- Reference
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Japanese.
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Japanese language -- Ellipsis
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Japanese language -- Reference
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Japans.
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Ellips (taalkunde)
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Referentie.
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Anafora.
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Língua japonesa.
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Elipse.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789027295927 |
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9027295921 |
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9789027230768 |
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9027230765 |
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9781588114204 |
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1588114201 |
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