Osamu Sawada
List of John Benjamins publications in which Osamu Sawada is involved.
Article
2023 The role of comparison in discourse: The meaning and use of the Japanese utterance comparative expressions sore-yori -( mo ) ‘than that’ and nani-yori -( mo ) ‘than anything’ Degrees and Grammar: An East Asian Perspective, Luo, Qiongpeng, Zhiguo Xie and Xiao Li (eds.), pp. 36–73 | Article
This study investigates the meaning and use of the Japanese utterance comparative expressions sore-yori-(mo) ‘than that’ and nani-yori-(mo) ‘than anything’ and considers the role of comparison in discourse. I argue that sore-yori and nani-yori can compare individuals at the semantic (at-issue)… read more