Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation

Download or read book Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation written by M. Shimojo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-02-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese is well known for its array of argument encoding types - but how is speakers' choice of encoding types to be described? This book investigates the encoding of subject and direct object in conversational Japanese and attempts to explain Japanese argument encoding as a unified system. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of a bank of conversation are provided, with the emphasis on speakers' use of the encoding types rather than their acceptability for given arguments.