This study will further explore the issue, by focusing on Japanese children's use of two kinds of copula/verb forms with different indexical meanings (i.e., the masu form and the plain form). The meanings and the motivation for the choice involve sociocultural and interactional features. The...
This study will further explore the issue, by focusing on Japanese children's use of two kinds of copula/verb forms with different indexical meanings (i.e., the masu form and the plain form). The meanings and the motivation for the choice involve sociocultural and interactional features. The...
@fishsticksOh, that makes sense, which kind of sucks though cause I've been learning most verbs in its polite form not the dictionary form. I'm trying to learn how to introduce myself and some things that I like to do before I start my first Japanese class in a couple of months ...
While various studies have been conducted on the innovative potential suffix of Japanese vowel verbs, commonly known as ranuki kotoba (lit. ra-omission words), few studies exist on the use of the innovative form based on situational context and style of speech. The main purpose of my thesis ...