This book explores the nature and scope of modality in Japanese. It contains a review of the history of Japanese modality studies, as well as theoretical and empirical research and is the first collection of studies on Japanese modality written in English and offers a stimulating contrast to existing studies on Western languages. INDICE: Notes on Contributors - Preface - Introduction; B.Pizziconi ; M.Kizu - PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING AND DEFINING JAPANESE MODALITY - Modality, Modaritii and Predication b The Story of Modality in Japan; H.Narrog - Modality froma Japanese Perspective; T.Masuoka - West Meets East: A Kindaichian Approach to Subjective Modality; L.Larm - What Is and Is Not Language-Specific About theJapanese Modal System? - A Comparative and Historical Perspective; T.Moriya ;K.Horie - PART II: JAPANESE MODALITY FROM SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC PERSPECTIVE - Tense and Settledness in Japanese Conditionals; S.Arita - Conditional Modality: Two Types of Modal Auxiliaries in Japanese; Y.Takubo - Japanese Modals andthe Syntax-Pragmatics Interface; M.Kizu - PART III: JAPANESE MODALITY IN DISCOURSE - On Noun Phrases as Minor Sentences in Japanese; T.Shin'ya - The Acquisition of Japanese Modality During the Study Abroad; S.Watanabe ; N.Iwasaki - The Interactional Consequences of Epistemic Indexicality - Some Thoughts on theEpistemic Marker -Kamoshirenai; B.Pizziconi - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57632-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 15/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés