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This paper attempts to shed new light on malefactivity in Japanese by examining how the adversative interpretation obtains in the Japanese passive constructions, both as a fully grammaticalized constructional meaning and a context-dependent interpretation. Our analysis reveals the general mechanisms...

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Weitere Verfasser: Zúñiga, Fernando, Kittilä, Seppo
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Typological studies in language ; v. 92.
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Zusammenfassung:This paper attempts to shed new light on malefactivity in Japanese by examining how the adversative interpretation obtains in the Japanese passive constructions, both as a fully grammaticalized constructional meaning and a context-dependent interpretation. Our analysis reveals the general mechanisms underlying the adversative semantics and concomitant syntactic behavior such as valency increase, as well as elucidating the way they interact with language-particular features characteristic of Japanese. The overall picture gained by our analysis points to the importance of viewing adversative constructions in a broader perspective, as something which emerges from the interaction of various factors in the dynamic processes of contextualization and grammaticalization.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 440 pages) : illustrations, map.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027288318
9027288313
9789027206732
9027206732
ISSN:0167-7373 ;

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