Mizuho Tamaji
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mizuho Tamaji plays a role.
Article
2017 Development of ‘say’-derived constructions: The case of tote and totemo Language and Linguistics 18:2, pp. 296–325 | Article
Totemo in contemporary Japanese is a degree adverb (intensifier). Previous studies have reported that totemo derived from the adverb totemo kakutemo, which means ‘either way’ (and hence is a bipolar item) in classical Japanese. These studies also reported that totemo became a negative polarity… read more