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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789645603321

Autore

Matsumoto Yoshiko <1954->

Titolo

Noun-modifying constructions in Japanese : a frame-semantic approach / / Yoshiko Matsumoto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 1997

ISBN

1-283-28038-8

9786613280381

90-272-8195-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in language companion series (SLCS), , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 35

Disciplina

495.6/5

Soggetti

Japanese language - Relative clauses

Japanese language - Noun phrase

Japanese language - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Syntactic and Descriptive Approaches to Noun Modification; 3 Construal and the Variety of Noun-Modifying Constructions : Descriptionand Framework; 4 Analysis of Noun-Modifying Constructions I: CH-type; 5 Analysis of Noun-Modifying Constructions II: NH-type and CNH-type; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines the clausal noun-modifying construction (NMC) in Japanese, a much-discussed construction that embraces what have usually been called relative clause and noun complement constructions. Drawing upon a broad range of naturally-occurring NMCs, including types that fall outside the domains of relative clause and noun complement constructions, Yoshiko Matsumoto argues for an analysis of NMCs that gives an important role to semantics and pragmatics. The framework in which this approach is presented draws from, and further refines, concepts of frame semantics.