Perspectives on topicalization [[electronic resource] ] : the case of Japanese Wa / / edited by John Hinds, Senko K. Maynard and Shoichi Iwasaki

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 495.6/2
• Soggetto topico: Wa (The Japanese word)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HindsJohn MaynardSenko K IwasakiShōichi
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Wa in narrative and expository discourse -- pt. 2. Wa and other syntactic phenomena -- pt. 3. Historical perspectives on Wa -- pt. 4. Pragmatic perspectives on Wa.
• Sommario/riassunto: Within the field of Japanese linguistics, few areas have generated as much controversy as the morpheme wa; traditionally described as a marker of old or contrasted information, its function as a discourse marker has also been studied. This work aims to deepen the understanding of wa through careful examination of the particle at both sentence and discourse levels in old Japanese as well as present-day Japanese. Previous studies have concentrated on syntactic analyses of wa. The contributors to this volume challenge the old approach and uncover new properties of wa.
• Titolo autorizzato: Perspectives on topicalization
• ISBN: 1-283-31382-0; 9786613313829; 90-272-7881-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458052203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; v. 14.