Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ595143
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Publication Date: 2000
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Intonation Units, Clauses, and Preferred Argument Structure in Conversational Japanese.
Matsumoto, Kazuko
Language Sciences, v22 n1 p63-86 Jan 2000
Examines informal Japanese conversations between 16 pairs of same-sex friends to explore the preferred information structure of the intonation unit and the preferred clause structure in terms of the number and type of arguments contained per clause. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Databases, Intonation, Japanese, Native Speakers, Nouns, Phrase Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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