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- Salience of Information in Japanese
- Salience of Information in Japanese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Transcriptions
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 3 Backward-Looking Salience and Argument Forms
- 4 Backward-Looking Salience and Argument Forms
- 5 Predicate-Less Constructions
- 6 Forward-Looking Non-salience and Argument Forms
- 7 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2024
Book contents
- Salience of Information in Japanese
- Salience of Information in Japanese
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Transcriptions
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 3 Backward-Looking Salience and Argument Forms
- 4 Backward-Looking Salience and Argument Forms
- 5 Predicate-Less Constructions
- 6 Forward-Looking Non-salience and Argument Forms
- 7 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
- References
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