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Ellipsis and reference tracking in Japanese /

In many East Asian languages, despite the prevalent occurrence of implicit reference, reference management is largely achieved without recourse to familiar agreement features. For this reason, recovering ellipted reference has been a perplexing problem in the analysis of these languages. This book e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nariyama, Shigeko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., [2003]
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 66.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In many East Asian languages, despite the prevalent occurrence of implicit reference, reference management is largely achieved without recourse to familiar agreement features. For this reason, recovering ellipted reference has been a perplexing problem in the analysis of these languages. This book elucidates the linguistic mechanisms for ellipsis resolution in Japanese, mechanisms which involve complex processes of inference that integrate grammatical, sociolinguistic, and discourse considerations with real world knowledge. These processes are realised in an integrated algorithm, the validity
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 397 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index
ISBN:9789027295927
9027295921
9789027230768
9027230765
9781588114204
1588114201
ISSN:0165-7763 ;