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UNINA9910810191703321 |
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Autore |
Endo Yoshio <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Locality and information structure : a cartographic approach to Japanese / / Yoshio Endo |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-15260-2 |
9786612152603 |
90-272-9195-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Collana |
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Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 116 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Japanese language - Syntax |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-232) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Locality and Information Structure -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of Relativized Minimality -- 3. Topic and Quantifier-Induced Blocking Effects -- 4. Are Topics Special? -- 5. Focus and Case -- 6. Focus and Nominative Adverbials -- 7. Ditransitives -- 8. On the Nature of the Subject Position -- 9. Informant Surveys -- 10. Concluding Remarks -- REFERENCES -- Subject Index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This monograph presents a systematic exploration of Japanese syntax within the cartographic approach, paying special attention to the locality effects induced by discourse-based features such as topic and focus. Although the main focus is on Japanese syntax, implications of the analyses developed are investigated from a broader comparative perspective. Unlike previous works on Japanese generative syntax, this book is based partially on informant surveys, including the distribution of adverbials and the categorical status of nominative-Case-marked adverbials, as well as an exhaustive survey of ditransitive predicates in terms of word formation and idioms in Koujien, one of the most comprehensive Japanese dictionaries. A systematic syntactic study of the nature of clause-final particles in Japanese, an area previously only explored in the framework of discourse analysis, is also presented. It is |
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