Yoko Hasegawa (Berkeley University of California)

Japanese

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive introduction to the Japanese language explores the Japanese lexicon, grammatical foundations, major clause types, clause linkage, and language usage. The discussion of formal and structural properties of Japanese such as sound structure, vocabulary and grammar assist readers as they gain insight into historical and sociocultural aspects of Japanese.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781107611474
• ISBN-10: 1107611474
• Artikelnr.: 41129303

Autorenporträt

Yoko Hasegawa is Professor of Japanese Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Typological and historical overview
2. Dialects
3. Sound system
4. Writing system
Part II. Lexicon: 5. Vocabulary
6. Word structure
Part III. Grammatical Foundations: 7. Grammatical relations and case marking
8. Subjects and topics
9. Tense, aspect, and taxis
Part IV. Major Clause Types: 10. Measurement and comparison
11. Causatives
12. Passives
13. Benefactives
14. Noun modification and complementation
15. Nominalization
Part V. Clause Linkage: 16. Temporal clauses
17. Causal and concessive clauses
18. Conditional clauses
Part VI. Pragmatics (Language Usage): 19. Speech acts
20. Politeness and honorifics I
21. Politeness and honorifics II
22. Speech style shift
23. Sentence-final particles
24. Modality and evidentiality
25. Backchanneling
26. Demonstratives
27. Represented speech
28. Gendered speech.