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Constraining Interpretation: Sentence Final Particles in Japanese [PDF]

, 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.
Davis, Christopher M
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Sentence-Final Particles in Chinese

2021
Chinese has a rich system of Sentence-Final Particles (SFPs). Traditional grammar and descriptive linguistic studies attempt to capture the precise semantic interpretation and the discourse function of each particle. Much work related to this aspect tries to find out what the core semantic interpretation of a given SFP is, how the diverse ...
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Sentence-final Particles

2016
Sentence-final particles (also referred to as yǔqici 語氣詞 ‘mood particles ’) are one of the most distinctive features of Mandarin. As their name implies, they are used in sentence-final position, serving various semantic and pragmatic functions. In this chapter, I examine the semantic and pragmatic functions of six sentence-final particles in Mandarin ...
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Vietnamese sentence final particles

2015
This work presents a thorough description of Vietnamese sentence final particles, including their pragmatic usages and core meanings. In total, the paper investigates 28 primary particles and 45 dialectal variants that appear in sentence final position.
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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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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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Sentence-final particles

2014
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Syntactic and Discourse Features in Chinese Heritage Grammars: A Case of Acquiring Features in the Chinese Sentence-Final Particle ba

Languages, 2020
Shanshan Yan
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14 Sentence-final particles in Japanese

2020
Elin McCready, Christopher Davis
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