The grammar of Japanese mimetics : perspectives from structure, acquisition and translation /: perspectives from structure, acquisition and translation. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Noriko Iwasaki, Peter Sells, and Kimi Akita.
• Editors: Iwasaki, Noriko; Sells, Peter, 1957-; Akita, Kimi
• Contents: Introduction Part I: Grammatical and Semantic Properties of Mimetics in Japanese 1. The Significance of the Grammatical Study of Japanese Mimetics (Peter Sells ) 2. Grammatical and Functional Properties of Mimetics in Japanese (Kimi Akita ) 3. The Position of to-/∅- marked Mimetics in Japanese Sentence Structure (Kiyoko Toratani ) 4. Swarm -type Mimetic Verbs in Japanese (Ann Wehmeyer ) 5. How Flexible Should the Grammar of Mimetics Be? A View from Japanese Poetry (Natsuko Tsujimura ) Part II: Acquisition of Mimetics (As a First or Second Language) 6. Mimetics as Japanese Root Infinitive Analogues (Keiko Murasugi ) 7. Grammar of Japanese Mimetics used by English and Korean Learners of L2 Japanese in KY Corpus Interviews: Does L1-L2 Similarity Help? (Noriko Iwasaki ) 8. Acquisition of Mimetics and the Development of Proficiency in L2 Japanese: A Longitudinal Case Study of an L1 Dutch Speaker’s Speech and Gesture (Keiko Yoshioka ) 9. Use of Mimetics in Motion Event Descriptions by English and Korean Learners of L2 Japanese: Does Language Typology Make a Difference? (Noriko Iwasaki ) Part III: Mimetics and Translation 10. Translating into Japanese Mimetics: Grammatical Class-shifts and Historical Development (Mika Kizu and Naomi Cross )
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 495.62; Japanese language -- Onomatopoeic words; Japanese language -- Mimetic words; Japanese language -- Morphosyntax; Japanese language -- Grammar; Sound symbolism; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317295785; 1317295781; 9781317295778; 1317295773
• Related ISBNs: 9781138181908; 1138181900; 9781315646695
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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