Japanese questions : discourse, context and language /

"Questions and interrogatives in Japanese discourse have attracted considerable interest from grammarians, but the communicative aspect has received little attention. This book fills this gap. Through detailed analyses of formal and informal interactions, it demonstrates that the inherent multi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tanaka, Lidia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:
Japanese language > Interrogative.
Japanese language > Discourse analysis.
Sociolinguistics.
Japonais (Langue) > Interrogatif.
Japonais (Langue) > Analyse du discours.
Sociolinguistique.
sociolinguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages.
Japanese language > Discourse analysis
Japanese language > Interrogative
Sociolinguistics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Japanese Questions and Interrogativity
  • 3. Establishing Topics and Eliciting Talk: Questions in Television Interviews
  • 4. Information Collection and Footing: Questions in Radio Phone-in Programs
  • 5. Nourishing the Friendship: Questions in Friends' Talk
  • 6. Categorizing, Introducing and Maintaining Topical Talk: Questions in Unacquainted Interactions
  • 7. Questions used in Japanese Discourse: Discussion and Conclusion.

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