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Publication details [#35310]

Maynard, Senko K. 1992. Cognitive and pragmatic messages of a syntactic choice: The case of the Japanese commentary predicate n(o) da. Text 12 (4) : 563–613.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

function | meaning | message1 | pragmatics | predicate

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0165-4888

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This study analyzes and discusses why and how the Japanese predicate 'n(o) da' provides various meanings and functions in Japanese discourse.