Research Catalog

Title

The Japanese imperative / Axel Srahn.

Author

Svahn, Axel

Publication

Lund : Lund University, 2016.

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Additional Authors

Lunds universitet. Språk-och litteraturcentrum

Description

280 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Travaux de l'Institut de linguistique de Lund, 0347-2558 ; 54

Uniform Title

Travaux de l'Institut de linguistique de Lund 54.

Subject

• Japanese language > Grammar
• Japanese language > Imperative

Note

• "The Faculties of Humanities and Theology. Centre for Languages and Literature."--Title page verso.
• Extra t.p. with thesis statement and errata slip inserted.
• Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Lund University, 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The topic -- Why imperatives? Why Japanese? -- Basic terms and concepts -- Theoretical and methodological approach -- Structure of the thesis -- Imperatives and directive systems -- Introduction -- What should 'imperative' mean? -- Commands, requests, and strategies -- Levels of imperativity, directivity -- Directive systems -- Summary -- Imperatives in semantic theory -- Introduction -- Previous approaches -- The world gap model -- Summary -- Imperatives and other directive strategies in Japanese -- Introduction -- General properties -- Imperative-based directive strategies -- Non-imperative directive strategies -- Summary -- The imperative in Japanese linguistics -- Introduction -- Terminology and concepts -- Early approaches -- Modern approaches -- Summary -- Imperatives in written Japanese : a corpus-based view -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Analysis and results -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Semantics-pragmatics interaction in Japanese imperatives -- Introduction -- Illocutionary properties -- Layered model of the Japanese imperative -- Reported imperatives -- Imperative subjects -- Conclusion -- Grammaticalization studies -- Introduction -- Derived strategies -- Imperative candidates -- Non-directive constructions -- Conclusion -- The Japanese imperative : past and future -- Introduction -- The imperative in decline? -- Why directive systems change -- The imperative as quasi-archaism -- Preservatory factors -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Contributions -- Prospects -- References.

ISBN

• 9789188473066
• 9188473066

OCLC

• 965169529
• SCSB-11549945

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Harvard Library