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Intonation units in Japanese conversation : syntactic, informational and functional structures /

This book explores how speakers of Japanese organize their messages into coherent units as they jointly and interactively construct conversational discourse. Specifically, it investigates the syntactic, informational, and functional structures of intonation units (IUs) as basic units of discourse pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Matsumoto, Kazuko, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Benjamins, 2003.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; 65.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book explores how speakers of Japanese organize their messages into coherent units as they jointly and interactively construct conversational discourse. Specifically, it investigates the syntactic, informational, and functional structures of intonation units (IUs) as basic units of discourse production and information flow in spoken communication. It addresses various research topics: clause vs. phrase centrality, relationship between IUs and clauses, functions of independent NPs, preferred argument/clause structure and transitivity, interrelationship among functional components, and the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index.
ISBN:1423766423
9781423766421
902729593X
9789027295934
1282255320
9781282255326
9789027230751
9027230757
ISSN:0165-7763 ;