Japanese questions : : discourse, context and language / / Lidia Tanaka.

"Questions and interrogatives in Japanese discourse have attracted considerable interest from grammarians, but the communicative aspect has received little attention. This book fills this gap. Through detailed analyses of formal and informal interactions, it demonstrates that the inherent multi...

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Place / Publishing House:London ;, New York : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (262 pages) :; illustrations
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  • List of Tables & FiguresList of Abbreviations and ConventionsList of Data Transcription ConventionsRomanization of JapaneseAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Japanese Questions and Interrogativity3. Establishing Topics and Eliciting Talk: Questions in Television Interviews4. Information Collection and Footing: Questions in Radio Phone-in Programs5. Nourishing the Friendship: Questions in Friends' Talk6. Categorizing, Introducing and Maintaining Topical Talk: Questions in Unacquainted Interactions7. Questions in Japanese Discourse: Discussion and ConclusionReferences Index.