14.3415, Books: Semantics: Nariyama

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Date:  Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:05:06 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Ellipsis and Reference Tracking in Japanese: Nariyama

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Date:  Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:05:06 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Ellipsis and Reference Tracking in Japanese: Nariyama

Title: Ellipsis and Reference Tracking in Japanese
Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 66

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/
           http://www.benjamins.nl

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=3DSLCS_66

Author: Shigeko Nariyama, The University of Melbourne / Nara Institute
        of Science and Technology

Hardback: ISBN: 1588114201, Pages: xvi, 400 pp., Price: USD 125.00

Comment: Hardback: ISBN: 9027230765, Pages: xvi, 400 pp., Price: EUR 125.00

Abstract:

In many East Asian languages, despite the prevalent occurrence of
implicit reference, reference management is largely achieved without
recourse to fam iliar agreement features. For this reason, recovering
ellipted reference ha s been a perplexing problem in the analysis of
these languages.  This book elucidates the linguistic mechanisms for
ellipsis resolution in J apanese, mechanisms which involve complex
processes of inference that integ rate grammatical, sociolinguistic,
and discourse considerations with real w orld knowledge. These
processes are realised in an integrated algorithm, th e validity of
which is tested against naturally-occurring written texts.  This book
also builds connections between theoretical linguistics and pract ical
applications. The findings not only have theoretical implications for
identifying crucial factors in the linguistic encoding of implicitly
expres sed information, factors which are very different from those
found in Europ ean languages, but also offer practical applications,
particularly for the design of machine translation systems and for
learners of Japanese.

Table of contents

Preface  ix
Note on the examples  xii
Abbreviations  xiii
List of figures  xiv
List of tables  xv
Part 1. Japanese and argument ellipsis
1. Introduction 3.39
2. Various approaches to anaphora 41.95
Part 2. Linguistic devices
3. Predicate devices: Argument-inferring morphemes 99.173
4. Sentence devices I: The principle of direct alignment 175.228
5. Sentence devices II: The principles of argument ellipsis 229.265
6. Discourse devices: Ellipsis as the unmarked representation of sameness 267.290
Part 3. The process of referent identification
7. Algorithm 293.353
Epilogue 355.356
Appendices  357.365
Notes  366.383
References  385.394
Index  395.397

Lingfield(s):
		Semantics
		Syntax
Subject Language(s): Japanese (Language code: JPN)

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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