Modality and Its Learner Variety in Japanese.
Title:
Modality and Its Learner Variety in Japanese.
Author:
Faquire, A.B.M. Razaul Karim.
ISBN:
9783035302936
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (244 pages)
Series:
Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics ; v.29
Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics
Contents:
Contents -- List of Tables xi -- Acknowledgements xiii -- Abbreviations of Linguistic Concepts xv -- Abbreviations of Grammatical Forms and Formatives xvii -- Definitions of Japanese Language Terms xix -- Part 1 - Unfolding the Theoretical Underpinnings 1 -- Chapter 1 - Introduction 3 -- Chapter 2 - The Functional Linguistic Approach 9 -- Chapter 3 - The Notion of Modality 13 -- Chapter 4 - Second Language Acquisition Theories Based on the Functional Linguistic Approach -- Chapter 5 - The Concept of Learner Variety 49 -- Chapter 6 - The Learner Variety of Utterance Structure and Modality in Grammaticalization 55 -- Part 2 - Setting the Stage for the Study 73 -- Chapter 7 - The Present Trend of Modality Studies in Nihongo Bunpou 75 -- Chapter 8 - The System of Modariti as Described by the Nihongo Kijutsu Bunpou Kenkyuukai 95 -- Chapter 9 - Formulating a Grammatical System of Modality in Japanese Using the European Framework 115 -- Chapter 10 - Present Trends in Studies on the Acquisition of Modality in L2 Japanese 131 -- Chapter 11 - Projecting the Shape of the Learners' Modal System in the Interlanguage of Japanese 135 -- Part 3 - Empirical Findings of the Study 145 -- Chapter 12 - Organizing Learner Corpora with Modal Means in the IL of Japanese 147 -- Chapter 13 - Demonstrating the Shape of the Modal System in the Emergent Interlanguage of Japanese 159 -- Chapter 14 - Signifying the Learner Variety of Modality in Japanese 191 -- Chapter 15 - Conclusion 197 -- Bibliography 199 -- Appendix 1: Profiles of the L2 Learners 207 -- Name Index 211 -- Subject Index 213.
Abstract:
In this book modality and its learner variety in Japanese are investigated from the perspective of grammaticalization in the functional framework. It describes the grammatical system of modality in Japanese in terms of the form-function relationship within the scope of a framework based on the European school of modality. Accordingly, it deals with the modal system and its constituents in Japanese, accommodating all the grammatical means of modariti (modality) in the Nihongo bunpou (Japanese grammar system). This study also casts light on the learner variety of modality, which is comprised of two core systems, epistemic and deontic, both of which are evident at the utterance level and the morphosyntactic level. The learner variety of modality elucidated here is presented as a proto-modality, which is viewed as a system in its own right rather than as an improvised or distorted version of the native modal system in Japanese.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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