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Acquisition of Sentence-Final Particles in Japanese

2000
Typologically, Japanese is an SOV language, and shows many of the grammatical features of this category (Clancy, 1985). For example, the Japanese language makes use of postpositional particles rather than prepositions, verbs precede tense markers, and nominal modifiers precede head nouns as follows: Naomi-SUBJ write PAST book-OBJ Ken-IOBJ hand PAST ...
Junko Shirai, Hidetoshi Shirai, Yoshiteru Furuta   +2 more
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Italian learners’ use of Chinese sentence-final particles

Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 2021
Due to their light-weight appearance and polysemy, the acquisition of Chinese sentence-final particles (SFPs) constitutes a criticality for learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). However, the number of studies addressing SFP acquisition and teaching is still limited.
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Temporal information in sentence-final particles

Asian Languages and Linguistics
Abstract This paper scrutinizes the claim that modern Shanghainese has sentence-final particles tse and keh that have tense-marking functions. We review works by Qian (2006; 2009), Chao (1926) and Li, Thompson & Thompson (1982) and analyze Shanghainese missionary texts on the use of these SFPs.
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Information structure, null case particle and sentence final discourse particle

2020
Abstract This paper discusses the nature of sentence final particles (SFPs) in Japanese from the perspective of the Theory of Mind (ToM). After presenting some properties of SFPs in Japanese by making reference to familiar ...
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Constraining Interpretation: Sentence Final Particles in Japanese

2011
This dissertation is concerned with how pragmatic particles interact with sentential force and with general pragmatic constraints to derive optimal dynamic interpretations. The primary empirical focus of the dissertation is the Japanese sentence final particle yo and its intonational associates.
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Clause and Sentence Final Particles in Cham

2015
CLAUSE AND SENTENCE FINAL PARTICLES IN CHAM. 39 0. INTRODUCTION 39 1. NEGATIVES 40 2. LIMITIVES 41 3. INTERROGATIVES 42 4. IMPERATIVES 45 5. PROHIBITIVES 47 6. EMPHASISERS 47 7. VOCATIVES 49 8.
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Sentence-final Particles

2022
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Syntax of Sentence-final Particles in Chinese

2022
Siu-Pong Cheng, Sze-Wing Tang
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Sentence-final particles

2014
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14 Sentence-final particles in Japanese

2020
Elin McCready, Christopher Davis
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