The use of wa as a cohesion marker in Japanese oral narratives

Clancy, Patricia M.; Downing, Pamela A.

doi:10.1075/tsl.14.03cla

In:Perspectives on Topicalization: The case of Japanese wa
Edited by John Hinds, Shoichi Iwasaki and Senko K. Maynard
[Typological Studies in Language 14] 1987
► pp. 3–56

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The use of wa as a cohesion marker in Japanese oral narratives

Patricia M. Clancy

Pamela A. Downing

Published online: 1 January 1987

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.14.03cla

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