Modality and Its Learner Variety in Japanese

244 Pages·2012·9.324 MB·English

by  Razaul Faquire

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in this book modality and its learner variety in Japanese are investi­ r
a
gated from the perspective of grammaticalization in the functional za S
framework. it describes the grammatical system of modality in Japa­ ul tiC
nese in terms of the form–function relationship within the scope of a K S
a i
r u
framework based on the european school of modality. accordingly, im g
it deals with the modal system and its constituents in Japanese, n
F
a Li
accommodating all the grammatical means of modariti (modality) q
e
in the Nihongo bunpou ( Japanese grammar system). this study also ui v
re ti
casts light on the learner variety of modality, which is comprised of p

i
two core systems, epistemic and deontic, both of which are evident at Cr
the utterance level and the morphosyntactic level. the learner variety S
e
of modality elucidated here is presented as a proto­modality, which M n d
is viewed as a system in its own right rather than as an improvised or o i

distorted version of the native modal system in Japanese. d S
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Modality and its
learner Variety in Japanese
ConteMporary studies
in desCriptiVe linguistiCs
Vol. 29
edited by
dr graeMe daVis & Karl a. Bernhardt
peter lang
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razaul Karim Faquire
Modality and its
learner Variety in Japanese
peter lang
oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • new york • Wien
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Faquire, razaul Karim, 1963-
Modality and its learner variety in Japanese / razaul Karim Faquire.
p. cm. -- (Contemporary studies in descriptive linguistics; 29)
includes bibliographical references and index.
isBn 978-3-0343-0103-9 (alk. paper)
1. Japanese language--Modality. 2. Japanese language--Variation. 3. Japanese
language--grammar, generative. 4. interlanguage (language learning) i. title.
pl629.M63F37 2012
495.6'56--dc23
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issn 1660-9301
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To five bright icons of modality study:
Richard Matthews, Frank Robert Palmer, Yoshio Nitta,
Anna Giacalone Ramat and Norbert Dittmar
whose works highly inf luenced this study

Contents
List of Tables xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Abbreviations of Linguistic Concepts xv
Abbreviations of Grammatical Forms and Formatives xvii
Definitions of Japanese Language Terms xix
Part 1 Unfolding the Theoretical Underpinnings 1
Chapter 1
Introduction 3
Chapter 2
The Functional Linguistic Approach 9
Chapter 3
The Notion of Modality 13
Chapter 4
Second Language Acquisition Theories Based on
the Functional Linguistic Approach 41
viii
Chapter 5
The Concept of Learner Variety 49
Chapter 6
The Learner Variety of Utterance Structure
and Modality in Grammaticalization 55
Part 2 Setting the Stage for the Study 73
Chapter 7
The Present Trend of Modality Studies in Nihongo Bunpou 75
Chapter 8
The System of Modariti as Described by the
Nihongo Kijutsu Bunpou Kenkyuukai 95
Chapter 9
Formulating a Grammatical System of Modality
in Japanese Using the European Framework 115
Chapter 10
Present Trends in Studies on the Acquisition of Modality
in L2 Japanese 131
Chapter 11
Projecting the Shape of the Learners’ Modal System
in the Interlanguage of Japanese 135