Information structure in spoken Japanese Particles, word order, and intonation

This study explores information structure (IS) within the framework of corpus linguistics and functional linguistics. As a case study, it investigates IS phenomena in spoken Japanese: particles including so-called topic particles, case particles, and zero particles; word order; and intonation. The s...

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Main Author: Nakagawa, Natsuko (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Language Science Press 2020
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Summary:This study explores information structure (IS) within the framework of corpus linguistics and functional linguistics. As a case study, it investigates IS phenomena in spoken Japanese: particles including so-called topic particles, case particles, and zero particles; word order; and intonation. The study discusses how these phenomena are related to cognitive and communicative mechanisms of humans.
ISBN:/doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4291753
9783961101382
Access:Open Access