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Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation /

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Japanese is well known for its array of argument encoding types - but how is speakers' choice of encoding types to be described? This book investigates the encoding of subject and direct object in conversational Japanese and attempts to explain Japanese argument encoding as a unified system. Qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shimojo, Mitsuaki (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Asian Languages.
Asian Literature.
Grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Language and languages > Grammars.
Language and languages.
Oriental literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Japanese is well known for its array of argument encoding types - but how is speakers' choice of encoding types to be described? This book investigates the encoding of subject and direct object in conversational Japanese and attempts to explain Japanese argument encoding as a unified system. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of a bank of conversation are provided, with the emphasis on speakers' use of the encoding types rather than their acceptability for given arguments.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 286 pages)
ISBN:9780230505384
DOI:10.1057/9780230505384