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Ellipsis and wa-marking in Japanese Conversation

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Investigating the operation ellipsis and wa-marking in a corpus of colloquial Japanese speech, this title shows that Japanese conversation obeys certain principles of argument ellipsis that appear to be language universal: the tendency to omit transitive and human subjects and the tendency to express no more than one argument per clause.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415967648
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 220
  • Published:
  • May 15, 2003
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x13 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 430 g.
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Expected delivery: January 12, 2025

Description of Ellipsis and wa-marking in Japanese Conversation

Investigating the operation ellipsis and wa-marking in a corpus of colloquial Japanese speech, this title shows that Japanese conversation obeys certain principles of argument ellipsis that appear to be language universal: the tendency to omit transitive and human subjects and the tendency to express no more than one argument per clause.

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