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In:Mapping Genres, Mapping Culture: Japanese texts in context
Edited by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Motoki Sano and Helen de Silva Joyce
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 281] 2017
► pp. 191–211

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Chapter 8
Once upon a time

Grammar, structure and meaning in a selected set of Japanese folktales

Published online: 7 December 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.281.08tho
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Understanding the purpose of folktales
  • 3.Case Study 1 – Generic Structure Potential of five folktales
  • 4.Case Study 2 – Evaluative expressions within the various stages of the folktale genre
  • 5.Case Study 3 – The construal of women in folktales
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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