Chapter 5
Final or medial
Morphosyntactic and functional divergences in discourse
particles of the same historical sources
Some Japanese final particles find their origins
in the same historical sources as interjectional (or medial)
particles, with the former occurring in sentence-final position
while the latter in sentence-medial position. The two types of
particles, though identical in form, are less likely to be used in
the same sentence. This study demonstrates that they developed along
different pathways and acquired respectively unique
discourse-pragmatic functions, mediated by the traits of the
positions they occupy in sentences. Our research highlights three
discourse-pragmatic functions: information status,
addressee-directedness, and speaker gender. We argue that the final
and interjectional particles of the same form do not co-occur in a
single sentence when they show contrastive features in one of these
functions.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.A brief historical sketch of Japanese interjectional and final
particles
- 3.Morpho-syntactic differences between interjectional and final
particles
- 4.Discourse-pragmatic differences between interjectional and final
particles
- 4.1Information status
- 4.2Addressee-directedness
- 4.3Speaker gender
- 5.Contrastive features of interjectional and final
particles
- 6.Conclusion
-
Acknowledgements
-
Notes
-
Keys to abbreviations
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