Meanings of non-referential indexes: A case study of the Japanese sentence-final particle ne

Cook, Haruko Minegishi

doi:10.1515/text.1.1992.12.4.507

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“…Specifically, I will show that these pictorial signs, although they seem to be used uncontrolledly, are in fact highly systematic in terms of loci of appearance and in terms of the diachronic extensions of their context of use. I will propose that they function virtually as "contextualization cues," like those observed in some Japanese final particles (Cook 1992, Kataoka 1995; and that these graphic devices may undergo "semantic reduction" or "bleaching" characteristic of grammaticalization processes (Sweetser 1988, Bybee et al 1994.…”

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Form and function of emotive pictorial signs in casual letter writing

Kataoka

2002

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Young Japanese women effectively construct and manipulate their emotive stances through the use of special pictorial signs and their graph(em)ic modifications in casual letter-writing among friends. To achieve this, the writers use a para-/metalinguistic and indexical means of "contextualization" for the socio-cultural mediation of affect and textual awareness. At the same time, they heavily rely on such cognitive mechanisms as "schematization" and "semantic reduction" -phenomena widely observed in grammaticalization processes. I propose that these devices not only provide the basis for mutual appreciation of the emotive (con)text, but also suggest a mode of literacy aimed primarily at emotive, phatic, and poetic communication.*

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Form and function of emotive pictorial signs in casual letter writing

Kataoka

2002

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“…produced final particle ne (line 6), which has been shown to solicit collaboration among interactants (Cook 1992;Tanaka 2000).…”

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The limits of grammar: Clause combining in Finnish and Japanese conversation

Laury¹,

Ono²

2015

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Our paper concerns the grammar of clause combining in Finnish and Japanese conversation. We consider the patterns of clause combining in our data and focus on the verbal and non-verbal cues which allow participants to determine whether, after the end of a clause-sized unit, the turn will end or continue with another clause-sized unit, resulting in a clause combination. We conclude that morphosyntax alone cannot account for the patterns found in our data, but that the participants orient to, at least, prosodic and nonverbal cues in determining the boundaries of clauses and projecting continuation in the form of another clause. Also important for projection are fixed expressions or 'prefabs'. In addition, semantic and pragmatic factors play a role. In that sense, we explore the question of where the limits of grammar for interaction, understood as the knowledge which speakers share and which forms the basis for the creation and processing of novel utterances, should be drawn, and whether grammar should include, beyond morphosyntax, not only prosodic, pragmatic and semantic features but also bodily behavior.

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“…Furthermore, S and GN marked by sentence-final particles, mainly ne, were noted on relatively few occasions. Since ne commonly indexes affective common ground and it is also used to mark intimacy (Cook 1992), its limited occurrence can be explained by the fact that neither of these two expressions are used among intimate people, hence the few appearances. The cases where S and GN appear marked by ne are very similar; ne is used as an appeal for understanding or the speaker seeking for the addressee's sympathy.…”

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Su(m)imasen and gomen nasai

Sandu

2012

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This paper investigates Japanese apology expressions, particularly the co-occurrence of su(m)imasen and gomen nasai with various linguistic devices (i.e. adverbs, interjections, conjunctions, etc.) in social interactions. Differing from previous research, the present research focuses on (1) the linguistic devices cooccurring with the apology expression, (2) their relation to the interactional functions the expressions serve in situated contexts, (3) their roles within discourse and the effect they produce, and (4) the way the speaker expresses his or her emotional attitude through these linguistic devices. To this end, data was collected from Japanese television dramas, and the linguistic devices marking su(m)imasen and gomen nasai, adverbial forms and interjections that were most encountered were examined. The analysis revealed that the co-occurrences with the apology expressions do influence or change the entire meaning of the utterance.

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Meanings of non-referential indexes: A case study of the Japanese sentence-final particle ne

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Form and function of emotive pictorial signs in casual letter writing

Form and function of emotive pictorial signs in casual letter writing

The limits of grammar: Clause combining in Finnish and Japanese conversation

Su(m)imasen and gomen nasai

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