Japanese : a linguistic introduction / Yoko Hasegawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasegawa, Yoko, 1950-

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Grammar--Study and teaching.

Japanese language--Sound recordings for English speakers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 392 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English and Japanese.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction: 1. Typological and historical overview; 2. Dialects; 3. Sound system; 4. Writing system

Part II. Lexicon: 5. Vocabulary; 6. Word structure

Part III. Grammatical Foundations: 7. Grammatical relations and case marking; 8. Subjects and topics; 9. Tense, aspect, and taxis

Part IV. Major Clause Types: 10. Measurement and comparison; 11. Causatives; 12. Passives; 13. Benefactives; 14. Noun modification and complementation; 15. Nominalization

Part V. Clause Linkage: 16. Temporal clauses; 17. Causal and concessive clauses; 18. Conditional clauses

Part VI. Pragmatics (Language Usage): 19. Speech acts; 20. Politeness and honorifics I; 21. Politeness and honorifics II; 22. Speech style shift; 23. Sentence-final particles; 24. Modality and evidentiality; 25. Backchanneling; 26. Demonstratives; 27. Represented speech; 28. Gendered language.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-383) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781139507127 (electronic bk.)

1139507125 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99995741978

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.