TY  - BOOK
AU  - Onodera,Noriko
TI  - Japanese discourse markers: synchronic and diachronic discourse analysis 
T2  - Pragmatics & beyond new series,
SN  - 1588116077
AV  - PL640.5 .O66 2004
U1  - 495.60141 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins
KW  - Japanese language
KW  - Discourse analysis
KW  - Conjunctions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-240) and index; Ch. 1; Introduction --; Ch. 2; Perspectives on Japanese discourse markers : synchronic and diachronic discourse analysis --; Ch. 3; Functions of the conjunctions demo and dakedo in present day Japanese (synchronic analysis) --; Ch. 4; Pragmaticalization of demo and dakedo (diachronic analysis) --; Ch. 5; Functions of the interjections ne and na in present day Japanese (synchronic analysis) --; Ch. 6; Pragmaticalization of ne and na (diachronic analysis) --; Ch. 7; Conclusion
N2  - "This book is one of the pioneering historical pragmatic studies of Japanese. It closely illustrates the usage and contributions of some Japanese discourse markers, and reveals their developmental history. The section on Synchronic Analysis explores the previously uninvestigated functions of some discourse markers used in Present Day Japanese. Moment by moment in on-going conversations, where culturally rigidly-defined interactional norms are highly valued, a specific marker is chosen and used by the speakers as their strategy, based on their quite subjective judgment. The section on Diachronic Analysis then demonstrates chronologically how the meanings and forms of the same markers have come into being. Results include some noticeable changes related to the strengthened intersubjectivity. This multi-dimensional study also discusses the relevance of findings to typological characteristics and productivity. Consideration is further given to why certain expressions (rather than others) become discourse makers and independent forms in Japanese."--BOOK JACKET
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