The acquisition of Japanese nominal modifying constructions / by Hanako Fujino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fujino, Hanako.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Acquisition.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Postpositions.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, Neb. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This books looks into how L2 learners of Japanese acquire nominal modifying constructions such as adjectival clauses, nominal complements and relative clauses. Hanako Fujino reviews some of the theoretical discussions regarding these constructions and provides new pieces of evidence that shed light on their nature. - - Special attention is drawn to a phenomenon by which learners occasionally insert a non-target-like no between the modifying clause and the head noun. This phenomenon is interesting not only because it is observed among the different modifying constructions, but also because it is exhibited by learners of different L1s and because Japanese children also show a similar phenomenon during L1A. By focusing on the diachronic changes that the adnominal form an inflectional form common to nominal modifying clauses has gone through, Fujino puts forth an account based on phonological grounds. - -

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF CHARTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 16, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4438-5102-7

OCLC:

855505196