Modality in Japanese
The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories
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Hierarchical clause structure is an important feature of most theories of grammar. While it has been an indispensable part of formal syntactic theories, functional theories have more recently discovered for themselves a ‘layered structure of the clause’. A major focus of the current discussion on semanto-syntactic clause structure is the hierarchical ordering of grammatical categories such as tense, aspect and modality. However, there are very few empirical studies yet to provide systematic evidence for presumably universal hierarchical structures. This book presents a systematic corpus-based study of the semantic and morphosyntactic interaction of modality with tense, aspect, negation, and modal markers embedded in subordinate clauses. The results are critically compared with extant theories of hierarchies of grammatical categories, including those in Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar, and the Cartography of Syntactic Structures. Also provided is an extensive description of the expression of modality and related categories in Modern Japanese.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 109] 2009. xxii, 277 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | p. xiii
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List of abbreviations | p. xv
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Morpheme boundary symbols | p. xvii
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List of figures | p. xix
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List of tables | pp. xxi–xxii
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Chapter 1. Introduction | pp. 1–3
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Part I. Modality and the layered structure of the clause
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Chapter 2. A brief outline of modality | pp. 7–20
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Chapter 3. Modality in Japanese linguistics | pp. 21–32
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Chapter 4. The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories | pp. 33–48
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Chapter 5. Modality in theories of the layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories | pp. 49–54
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Chapter 6. Modality and the layered structure of the clause in Japanese linguistics | pp. 55–58
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Chapter 7. Summary | pp. 59–60
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Part II. The modal markers of Japanese: A short description
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Chapter 8. Criteria for the description of modality | pp. 63–66
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Chapter 9. Formal means of expression – an overview | pp. 67–77
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Chapter 10. The modal categories | pp. 79–131
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Part III. Categories on the periphery of modality
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Chapter 11. Clausal moods | pp. 135–158
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Chapter 12. Illocutionary modulation | p. 159
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Chapter 13. ‘Modality of explanation’ | p. 161
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Part IV. Modality and the hierarchy of functional categories: An empirical study
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Chapter 14. Data and methods | pp. 165–175
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Chapter 15. Modality embedding modality (double modality) | pp. 177–189
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Chapter 16. Modality and tense, aspect, negation | pp. 191–209
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Chapter 17. Modality and higher categories | pp. 211–216
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Chapter 18. Modality embedded in adverbial clauses | pp. 217–223
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Chapter 19. Conclusion | pp. 225–244
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Part V. Collocations
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Chapter 20. Collocations | pp. 247–253
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Index | pp. 275–277
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2008050993