Ellipsis and reference tracking in Japanese /

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Author / Creator:	Nariyama, Shigeko, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., [2003] ©2003
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 397 pages)
Language:	English Japanese
Series:	Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; 66 Studies in language companion series ; v. 66.
Subject:	Japanese language -- Ellipsis. Japanese language -- Reference. Japanese language -- Ellipsis. Japanese language -- Reference. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11163393

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ISBN:	9789027295927 9027295921 9789027230768 9027230765 9781588114204 1588114201 9027230765 1588114201
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index Description based on print version record
Summary:	In many East Asian languages, despite the prevalent occurrence of implicit reference, reference management is largely achieved without recourse to familiar agreement features. For this reason, recovering ellipted reference has been a perplexing problem in the analysis of these languages. This book elucidates the linguistic mechanisms for ellipsis resolution in Japanese, mechanisms which involve complex processes of inference that integrate grammatical, sociolinguistic, and discourse considerations with real world knowledge. These processes are realised in an integrated algorithm, the validity
Other form:	Print version: Nariyama, Shigeko. Ellipsis and reference tracking in Japanese. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003 9027230765 9789027230768

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