Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation - Hardcover

Shimojo, M.

 
9781403937056: Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1403937052 ISBN 13: 9781403937056
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

Japanese is well known for its array of argument encoding types - but how is speakers' choice of encoding types to be described? This book investigates the encoding of subject and direct object in conversational Japanese and attempts to explain Japanese argument encoding as a unified system. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of a bank of conversation are provided, with the emphasis on speakers' use of the encoding types rather than their acceptability for given arguments.

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About the Author

MITSUAKI SHIMOJO is Assistant Professor and Director of the Japanese Program, Department of Linguistics, The State University of New York, at Buffalo, USA.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403937052
ISBN 13 
9781403937056
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
300

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