Etsuyo Yuasa

List of John Benjamins publications for which Etsuyo Yuasa plays a role.

Title

Pragmatics and Autolexical Grammar: In honor of Jerry Sadock

Edited by Etsuyo Yuasa, Tista Bagchi and Katharine Beals

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 176] 2011. xxv, 339 pp.
Subjects Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Yuasa, Etsuyo. 2021. Constructionalization of Japanese koto imperatives. Modality and Diachronic Construction Grammar, Hilpert, Martin, Bert Cappelle and Ilse Depraetere (eds.), pp. 219–246
This paper examines koto imperatives (e.g., tōku-o mite unten-suru koto! ‘drive looking far ahead!’) in Japanese. With internal reconstruction, it is shown that koto imperatives not only underwent a process of pragmatic strengthening resulting in a new sense of modality, but also inherited the… read more | Chapter
Yuasa, Etsuyo, Tista Bagchi and Katharine Beals. 2011. Introduction. Pragmatics and Autolexical Grammar: In honor of Jerry Sadock, Yuasa, Etsuyo, Tista Bagchi and Katharine Beals (eds.), pp. xiii–xxvi
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