Historical discourse analysis: grammatical subject in Japanese
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Main Author: Fujii, Noriko (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin Mouton de Gruyter 1991
Series:Discourse perspectives on grammar 3
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index
""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""1.1. The influence of Western languages on Japanese""; ""1.2. Historical background of Japanese language contact with Western languages""; ""1.3. Reformation of the language""; ""1.4. Oobun-chokuyaku-tai and its influence""; ""1.5. Changes observed in the grammatical subject""; ""1.6. Implications and problems""; ""Chapter 2: Theoretical problems: Defining the notion of subject""; ""2.1. The problem of the notion of subject in Japanese""; ""2.2. The notion of subject in this study""; ""2.3. Summary""
""Chapter 3: Data and theoretical concepts""""3.1. Data""; ""3.2. Method""; ""Chapter 4: Explicit and implicit subjects""; ""4.1. Changes in the occurrence of explicit and implicit subject""; ""4.2. Implicitness in subjects""; ""4.3. Changes in the occurrence of different subject forms""; ""4.4. Factors that influence explicit/implicit manifestation of subjects""; ""4.5. Summary""; ""Chapter 5: Inanimate Subjects in transitive, passive, and causative constructions""; ""5.1. Inanimate subjects with transitive verbs""; ""5.2. Passive constructions and inanimate subjects""
""5.3. Causative constructions and inanimate subjects""""5.4. Summary""; ""Chapter 6: The particles ga and no""; ""6.1. Explicit subjects and subject marking particles""; ""6.2. Unmarked subjects""; ""6.3. Changes in the function of ga and no""; ""Chapter 7: The topic particle wa""; ""7.1. Background discussion""; ""7.2. Macro function and micro function of wa in present-day Japanese""; ""7.3. Earlier uses of the particle""; ""7.4. External influence""; ""7.5. Summary""; ""Chapter 8: Concluding remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Physical Description:265 pages
ISBN:9783110860528
311086052X
9780899255064
089925506X
9783110117851
3110117851

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