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Locality and information structure : a cartographic approach to Japanese /

This monograph presents a systematic exploration of Japanese syntax within the cartographic approach, paying special attention to the locality effects induced by discourse-based features such as topic and focus. Although the main focus is on Japanese syntax, implications of the analyses developed ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Endō, Yoshio, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 116.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This monograph presents a systematic exploration of Japanese syntax within the cartographic approach, paying special attention to the locality effects induced by discourse-based features such as topic and focus. Although the main focus is on Japanese syntax, implications of the analyses developed are investigated from a broader comparative perspective. Unlike previous works on Japanese generative syntax, this book is based partially on informant surveys, including the distribution of adverbials and the categorical status of nominative-Case-marked adverbials, as well as an exhaustive survey of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-232) and index.
ISBN:9789027291950
9027291950
ISSN:0166-0829 ;