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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824476503321

Autore

Nariyama Shigeko

Titolo

Ellipsis and reference tracking in Japanese / / Shigeko Nariyama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003

ISBN

1-282-16073-7

9786612160738

90-272-9592-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 397 pages)

Collana

Studies in language companion series, , 0165-7763 ; ; 66

Disciplina

495.6/5

Soggetti

Japanese language - Ellipsis

Japanese language - Reference

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 samen essAlgorithm

Sommario/riassunto

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.