Grammar in Use across Time and Space: Deconstructing the Japanese ‘dative subject’ construction
Misumi Sadler
[Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 20] 2007. xiv, 212 pp.
Misumi Sadler
List of John Benjamins publications for which Misumi Sadler plays a role.
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Subjects Discourse studies | Japanese linguistics | Pragmatics
Articles
2010 Subjective and intersubjective uses of Japanese verbs of cognition in conversation Pragmatics 20:1, pp. 109–128 | Article
The present study examines two commonly-used Japanese verbs of cognition, WAKARU and SHIRU, in naturally occurring conversation, and demonstrates that these verbs are expressions of position and attitude that are relevant both to individual speakers (i.e., subjective uses) and to relational… read more
2009 From less personal to more personal: Subjectification of ni-marked NPs in Japanese discourse The Role of Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Factors in the Development of Case, Barðdal, Jóhanna and Shobhana L. Chelliah (eds.), pp. 401–422 | Article
The Japanese ni is a postpositional particle, known for its wide range of semantic and grammatical roles such as a marker of locations, directions, recipients, and dative subjects. Based on an examination of pre-modern and modern Japanese texts, this study documents how the most basic meaning/usage… read more
2008 From a spatial to a subjective framework: The semantic and pragmatic change of ni-marked NPs in Japanese discourse Journal of Historical Pragmatics 9:1, pp. 94–139 | Article
The current study examines pre-modern and modern Japanese texts from the seventh ~ twentieth century, and documents the semantic and pragmatic change of ni-marked NPs, which include “dative subjects” and NPs which appear to refer to human referents. The data demonstrates that what are called… read more
2002 From a pragmatic marker to a direct object marker: The Japanese particle o in written discourse Studies in Language 26:2, pp. 243–281 | Article
Several researchers have reported the increased use of o and semantic/pragmatic or syntactic motivations for direct object marking based on texts from between the 8th and 11th centuries. However, very few studies documented direct object marking after that period on until Modern Japanese, and the… read more