Diachrony of personal pronouns in Japanese : a functional and cross-linguistic perspective /

Personal pronouns in Japanese form a heterogeneous category. This book investigates their historical development from a functional perspective. It shows that while nouns give rise to personal pronouns through semanticization of pragmatic inferences, the use of non-nominal forms such as demonstrative...

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Main Author:	Ishiyama, Osamu, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]
Series:	Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 344.
Subjects:	Japanese language > Pronoun.