Tense and Aspect in Modern Colloquial Japanese

Tense and Aspect in Modern Colloquial Japanese
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9780774843447
ISBN-13 : 0774843446
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Download or read book Tense and Aspect in Modern Colloquial Japanese written by Matsuo Soga and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond what has been previously written on tense and aspect in general and concerning Japanese in particular, this work lays the foundation for a systematization of aspectual categories on the basis of realized versus unrealized rather than completive and incompletive categories. Clearly presented and substantially documented, the material in this book makes a significant and original contribution to the study of Japanese linguistics.


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