Modality and Its Learner Variety in Japanese

Faquire, Razaul Karim

ISBN 10: 3034301030 / ISBN 13: 9783034301039

Published by Peter Lang AG, 2012

About this Item

Series: Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics. Num Pages: 215 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFDC; CFK; DSB; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352. . 2012. 1 New ed. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modality and Its Learner Variety in Japanese
• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3034301030
• ISBN 13: 9783034301039
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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). This book 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.

About the Author

A.B.M. Razaul Karim Faquire is an Associate Professor of Japanese at the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka. His research interests include general linguistics, Contact linguistics and language acquisition.