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Publication details [#11957]

Kinsui, Satoshi. 1997. The Influence of Translation on the Historical Development of the Japanese Passive Construction. Journal of Pragmatics 28 (6) : 759–779. 21 pp.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

passive construction | translation

Language as a subject

Dutch | Japanese

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-2166

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

It is shown how the NIYOTTE-passive came into general use as a result of translation, the structural and functional properties are described and the history of the Japanese passive is traced.