An investigation of cohesive function of Japanese modal auxiliary hazu da

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Abstract

Hazu da is one of the auxiliary verbs indicating explanatory mood in Japanese. It has been noted by some researchers that hazu da has some common features with wake da, another member of the group, so that sometimes they can replace one another. It is necessary to investigate functions of each of these structures before mapping out functions of the whole group. Being shown a written text, people can normally work out without difficulties what kind of article it is and what kind of book/magazine it is extracted from, although there is no explanation given. This is because the use of lexicon and grammatical patterns are determined by the register. Also, according to Eggins (1994), different genres show different schematic structures. Therefore, when one studies uses or functions of a particular item of a language, one needs to investigate its occurrences in various text styles. As the first step of investigating hazu da, this paper is drawn on data extracted from editorials and articles on current topics (Tenseijingo) from Asahi Shinbun internet version.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Directions in Japanese Linguistics: Papers of the 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia
EditorsVera Mackie, Alina Skoutarides, Alison Tokita
Place of PublicationClayton, Vic.
PublisherMonash Asia Institute
Pages285-310
Number of pages26
ISBN (Print)732611873
Publication statusPublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Japanese language
  • linguistics

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