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Publication details [#48331]

Takano, Shoji. 2008. Variation in prosodic focus of the Japanese negative nai: Issues of language specificity, interactive style, and social situations. In Ono, Tsuyoshi and Kimberly Jones, eds. Style Shifting in Japanese. (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 180). John Benjamins. pp. 285–328.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
focus | interaction | negation | prosody | social setting | style
Language as a subject
Japanese
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins

Annotation

This paper deals with variation in prosodic focus concerning the Japanese negative 'nai' and with items of social setting and interactive style.