Ellipsis and reference tracking in Japanese

Shigeko Nariyama

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 of which is tested against naturally-occurring written texts. This book also builds connections between theoretical linguistics and practical applications. The findings not only have theoretical implications for identifying crucial factors in the linguistic encoding of implicitly expressed information, factors which are very different from those found in European languages, but also offer practical applications, particularly for the design of machine translation systems and for learners of Japanese.

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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 of which is tested against naturally-occurring written texts. This book also builds connections between theoretical linguistics and practical applications. The findings not only have theoretical implications for identifying crucial factors in the linguistic encoding of implicitly expressed information, factors which are very different from those found in European languages, but also offer practical applications, particularly for the design of machine translation systems and for learners of Japanese.

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[目次]

  • 1. Preface, pix
  • 2. Note on the examples, pxii
  • 3. Abbreviations, pxiii
  • 4. List of figures, pxiv
  • 5. List of tables, pxv
  • 6. Part 1. Japanese and argument ellipsis
  • 7. 1. Introduction, p3-39
  • 8. 2. Various approaches to anaphora, p41-95
  • 9. Part 2. Linguistic devices
  • 10. 3. Predicate devices: Argument-inferring morphemes, p99-173
  • 11. 4. Sentence devices I: The principle of direct alignment, p175-228
  • 12. 5. Sentence devices II: The principles of argument ellipsis, p229-265
  • 13. 6. Discourse devices: Ellipsis as the unmarked representation of sameness, p267-290
  • 14. Part 3. The process of referent identification
  • 15. 7. Algorithm, p293-353
  • 16. Epilogue, p355-356
  • 17. Appendices, p357-365
  • 18. Notes, p366-383
  • 19. References, p385-394
  • 20. Index, p395-397

「Nielsen BookData」より

[目次]

  • 1. Preface, pix
  • 2. Note on the examples, pxii
  • 3. Abbreviations, pxiii
  • 4. List of figures, pxiv
  • 5. List of tables, pxv
  • 6. Part 1. Japanese and argument ellipsis
  • 7. 1. Introduction, p3-39
  • 8. 2. Various approaches to anaphora, p41-95
  • 9. Part 2. Linguistic devices
  • 10. 3. Predicate devices: Argument-inferring morphemes, p99-173
  • 11. 4. Sentence devices I: The principle of direct alignment, p175-228
  • 12. 5. Sentence devices II: The principles of argument ellipsis, p229-265
  • 13. 6. Discourse devices: Ellipsis as the unmarked representation of sameness, p267-290
  • 14. Part 3. The process of referent identification
  • 15. 7. Algorithm, p293-353
  • 16. Epilogue, p355-356
  • 17. Appendices, p357-365
  • 18. Notes, p366-383
  • 19. References, p385-394
  • 20. Index, p395-397

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この本の情報

書名 Ellipsis and reference tracking in Japanese
著作者等 Nariyama Shigeko
シリーズ名 Studies in language companion series
出版元 J. Benjamins
刊行年月 c2003
ページ数 xi, 397 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 1588114201
9027230765
NCID BA6524910X
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言語 日本語
英語
出版国 オランダ
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