Soliloquy in Japanese and English
Yoko Hasegawa
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 202] 2010. ix, 230 pp.
Yoko Hasegawa
List of John Benjamins publications for which Yoko Hasegawa plays a role.
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Subjects Discourse studies | English linguistics | Japanese linguistics | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax
2023 The annotative dual-clause juxtaposition construction in Japanese Pragmatics & Cognition 30:1, pp. 152–179 | Article
This study introduces an enigmatic construction in Japanese called chūshakuteki nibun-renchi ‘annotative dual-clause juxtaposition’ (ADCJ), exemplified below:
Hiro
wa,
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2023 Frame integration and head-switching: RISK in English and Japanese Constructions and Frames 15:1, pp. 91–118 | Article
Employing Frame Semantics as implemented in the Berkeley FrameNet database, this paper analyzes English sentences expressing concerns of risk derived from the British National Corpus and their Japanese translations (created for the purposes of the current study). It introduces the ideas of… read more
2016 On the universality of frames: Evidence from English-to-Japanese translation Constructions across Grammars, Hilpert, Martin and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 35–66 | Article
This paper investigates the cross-linguistic applicability of the concept of frame as developed in the Berkeley FrameNet project. We examine whether the frames created for the annotation of English texts can also function as a tool for the assessment of the accuracy of English-to-Japanese… read more
2014 On the universality of frames: Evidence from English-to-Japanese translation Reflections on Constructions across Grammars, Hilpert, Martin and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 170–201 | Article
This paper investigates the cross-linguistic applicability of the concept of frame as developed in the Berkeley FrameNet project. We examine whether the frames created for the annotation of English texts can also function as a tool for the assessment of the accuracy of English-to-Japanese… read more
2013 FrameNet as a resource for paraphrase research Advances in Frame Semantics, Fried, Mirjam and Kiki Nikiforidou (eds.), pp. 109–132 | Article
Theoretically as well as empirically, paraphrase is a pivotal concept in many academic and nonacademic fields. And yet, its investigation has made very slow progress, due mainly to the lack of a framework that is versatile enough to deal with the nebulous nature of paraphrase in use. This paper… read more
2011 Soliloquy for linguistic investigation Studies in Language 35:1, pp. 1–40 | Article
This study advocates the investigation of soliloquy as a new approach in pragmatics research. The primary function of language is arguably to communicate with others, but language is also used to think. Thoughts constantly emerge in confluent streams of images, concepts, and ideas within the mind;… read more
2011 FrameNet as a resource for paraphrase research Advances in Frame Semantics, pp. 104–127 | Article
Theoretically as well as empirically, paraphrase is a pivotal concept in many academic and nonacademic fields. And yet, its investigation has made very slow progress, due mainly to the lack of a framework that is versatile enough to deal with the nebulous nature of paraphrase in use. This paper… read more
2010 The sentence-final particles ne and yo in soliloquial Japanese Pragmatics 20:1, pp. 71–89 | Article
This paper investigates the Japanese sentence-final particles ne and yo as they occur in soliloquy. Because of their pivotal roles in spoken Japanese, these particles have been investigated extensively for decades. However, most previous works have analyzed them solely in terms of communication,… read more
2010 On expressing measurement and comparison in English and Japanese Contrastive Studies in Construction Grammar, Boas, Hans C. (ed.), pp. 169–200 | Article
2006 Embedded soliloquy and affective stances in Japanese Emotive Communication in Japanese, Suzuki, Satoko (ed.), pp. 209–229 | Article