This study explores information structure (IS) within the framework of corpus linguistics and functional linguistics.
As a case study, it investigates IS phenomena in spoken Japanese: particles including so-called topic particles, case particles, and zero particles; word order; and intonation.
The study discusses how these phenomena are related to cognitive and communicative mechanisms of humans.
| Japanese | Particles including socalled topic particles case particles and zero particles |
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Language Science Press Information structure in spoken japanese, hardcover/natsuko nakagawa
