Japanese Modality [electronic resource] : Exploring its Scope and Interpretation /
Pizziconi, B.editor.
Kizu, M.editor.
This book explores the nature and scope of modality in Japanese. It contains a review of the history of Japanese modality studies, as well as theoretical and empirical research and is the first collection of studies on Japanese modality written in English and offers a stimulating contrast to existing studies on Western languages.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Machine generated contents note: Notes on Contributors * Preface * Introduction--B.Pizziconi&--M.Kizu * PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING AND DEFINING JAPANESE MODALITY * Modality, Modaritii and Predication The Story of Modality in Japan--H.Narrog * Modality from a Japanese Perspective--T.Masuoka * West Meets East: A Kindaichian Approach to Subjective Modality--L.Larm * What Is and Is Not Language-Specific About the Japanese Modal System? - A Comparative and Historical Perspective--T.Moriya&--K.Horie * PART II: JAPANESE MODALITY FROM SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC PERSPECTIVE * Tense and Settledness in Japanese Conditionals--S.Arita * Conditional Modality: Two Types of Modal Auxiliaries in Japanese--Y.Takubo * Japanese Modals and the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface--M.Kizu * PART III: JAPANESE MODALITY IN DISCOURSE * On Noun Phrases as Minor Sentences in Japanese--T.Shinya * The Acquisition of Japanese Modality During the Study Abroad--S.Watanabe& N.Iwasaki * The Interactional Consequences of Epistemic Indexicality - Some Thoughts on the Epistemic Marker -Kamoshirenai--B.Pizziconi * Index Notes on Contributors * Preface * Introduction--B.Pizziconi&--M.Kizu * PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING AND DEFINING JAPANESE MODALITY * Modality, Modaritii and Predication The Story of Modality in Japan--H.Narrog * Modality from a Japanese Perspective--T.Masuoka * West Meets East: A Kindaichian Approach to Subjective Modality--L.Larm * What Is and Is Not Language-Specific About the Japanese Modal System? - A Comparative and Historical Perspective--T.Moriya&--K.Horie * PART II: JAPANESE MODALITY FROM SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC PERSPECTIVE * Tense and Settledness in Japanese Conditionals--S.Arita * Conditional Modality: Two Types of Modal Auxiliaries in Japanese--Y.Takubo * Japanese Modals and the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface--M.Kizu * PART III: JAPANESE MODALITY IN DISCOURSE * On Noun Phrases as Minor Sentences in Japanese--T.Shinya * The Acquisition of Japanese Modality During the Study Abroad--S.Watanabe& N.Iwasaki * The Interactional Consequences of Epistemic Indexicality - Some Thoughts on the Epistemic Marker -Kamoshirenai--B.Pizziconi * Index.
This book explores the nature and scope of modality in Japanese. It contains a review of the history of Japanese modality studies, as well as theoretical and empirical research and is the first collection of studies on Japanese modality written in English and offers a stimulating contrast to existing studies on Western languages.
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