A Reference Grammar of Japanese / / Samuel E. Martin.

Have you ever wondered about a Japanese sentence your textbook fails to explain? Do you feel unsure about the use of "wa," "ga," and "mo?" Or what the rules and meanings of words in their literary forms are? If so, you will find your answers in A Reference Grammar of Ja...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • 0. NOTATIONAL CONVENTIONS: SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, ACCEN, JUNCTURE
  • 1. SENTENCE CONSTRUCTIONl NUCLEAR SENTENCES(PREDICATES) AND EXPANDED SENTENCES(SIMPLEXES); SENTENCE CONVERSIONS
  • 2. PREDICATE ADJUNCTS
  • 3. EXPANSION CONSTRAINTS; NOUN SUBCATEGORIZATION
  • 4. VOICE CONVERSIONS
  • 5. NUCLEAR FOCUS AND RESTRICTION: SPLIT NUCLEI
  • 6. EXALTATION
  • 7. DESIDERATIVES
  • 8. NEGATION
  • 9. ADVERBALIZATIONS
  • 10. FAVORS
  • 11. THE PERFECT
  • 12. TENTATIVES AND HORTATIVES
  • 13. ADNOMINALIZATIONS; TYPICALLY ADNOMINAL AND ADVERBIAL WORDS
  • 14. NOMINALIZATIONS: GENERAL AND SPECIFIC
  • 15. SENTENCE EXTENSIONS
  • 16. COMMANDS AND REQUESTS
  • 17. CONJUNCTIONALIZATIONS
  • 18. HEARSAY-REPORTING
  • 19. THE SEMBLATIVE
  • 20. THE EVIDENTIAL: -SOO/-GE DA
  • 21. QUOTATIONS
  • 22. STYLIZATIONS
  • 23. INTERJECTIONS; AFTERTHOUGHTS; MINOR SENTENCES OF VARIOUS TYPES
  • 24. CONNECTORS AND SENTENCE-OPENERS; OPENING ELLIPSIS
  • 25. APPOSITION
  • 26. NAMES, TITLES
  • 27. ITERATIVE DEVICES
  • 28. ELLIPTICAL EXPRESSIONS
  • 29. DEMONSTRATIVES; DEICTICS AND ANAPHORICS; PRONOUNS
  • 30. USAGE CONTRAINTS; AGRAMMATISMS; IDIOMS; LEXICAL COMPUNDS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX