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In:Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal Particles: New perspectives
Edited by Chiara Fedriani and Andrea Sansó
[Studies in Language Companion Series 186] 2017
► pp. 305–333

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Chapter 11
Grammaticalization of PMs/DMs/MMs in Japanese

 | Georgia Institute of Technology
Published online: 13 November 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.186.12shi
Abstract
This paper discusses the source lexemes and the grammaticalization pathways leading to such end products as Discourse Markers (DMs), Modal Markers (MMs), and Pragmatic Markers (PMs) in relation to the layered structures of Japanese syntax, as well as issues of left/right peripheries (LP/RP). It points out that DMs and MMs are categorically parallel, but PMs are not. Further, source lexemes for DMs and MMs show the preferred directionality of positional shifts based on their semantic characters. PMs source items remain within the Core. The function-periphery mappings in Japanese support Beeching & Detges’ (2014) function-periphery asymmetry hypothesis as general tendencies, but also deviate from it as LP and RP are both subjective and intersubjective, reflecting the symmetrical layered structure.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Source items and their developmental paths: DMs and MMs
    • 2.1Connectives of cause/concession vs. connectives of enumeration
      • 2.1.1Connectives of cause/concession
      • 2.1.2Connectives of enumeration
      • 2.1.3Connectives in functional contrast: Two different pathways
    • 2.2Sino-Japanese nouns vs. formal nouns
      • 2.2.1Sino-Japanese nouns
      • 2.2.2Formal nouns
      • 2.2.3Nouns in functional contrast: Two different pathways
    • 2.3Quotatives/Quotative conditionals
      • 2.3.1Quotatives
      • 2.3.2Quotative conditionals
  • 3.Source Items and their developmental paths: PM
  • 4.Function-Periphery Mapping
  • 5.Implications on Beeching & Detges’ Hypothesis
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
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