ERIC Number: EJ413356
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Japanese Demonstratives, "ko-,""so-," and "a-."
Hosokawa, Hirofumi
Georgetown Journal of Languages and Linguistics, v1 n2 p168-78 Spr 1990
Reviews theories proposed on the use of Japanese demonstratives. The basic function of Japanese demonstratives is discussed, and an analysis of the use of these demonstratives from a deicitic point of view, based on psychological development, is offered as an alternative to previous theories. (GLR)
Descriptors: Function Words, Japanese, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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