From connective particle to sentence-final particle: a usage-based analysis of shi ‘and’ in Japanese  

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McGloin, Naomi H. ; Konishi, Yumiko

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 32 no. 5 (2010), page 563-578.
Topik: Connective particle Emotive particle Frequency Intersubjectification shi ‘and’ Subjectification
Fulltext: vol. 32 issue 5 September, 2010. p. 563-578.pdf (959.99KB)

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Based on written and spoken corpora, this paper examines the on-going functional shift of the Japanese connective shi ‘and, and so’ into a sentence-final particle. The paper will first identify and clarify the functions of this newly emerging usage. As a sentence-final particle, shi indicates the speaker’s emotional stance (that is often negative) toward the proposition, context, or the addressee. We then propose that the reanalysis of shi from a coordinate conjunction to a sentence-final particle is an instance of ‘subjectification’ and ‘intersubjectification’ (Traugott, 2003). We also argue that the change is motivated by the frequency of the specific structural and communicative context of its use.

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