Conventional grammars tell us when we can use given grammatical patterns. However, they almost invariably fail to tell us when we cannot use them. Many of the chapters of this book are concerned with the latter problem. They attempt to explain why some sentences that should be grammatical according to the explanations given in conventional grammars are in fact ungrammatical. In this sense, the book can be called...
Because 'The Structure of the Japanese Language' is both descriptive and analytical, it will prove useful both as a basic handbook of supplementary reading for second-year or more advanced courses in Japanese.
Susumu Kuno is Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University.
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