English Speaker Acquisition of Topic and Subject in Multiple Clause Sentences in Japanese

This study investigated native English speakers’ acquisition of the constraint for topic-wa and the preference for subject-ga in multiple-clause sentences in Japanese. The constraint for topic-wa is that the topic-wa cannot appear in certain types of subordinate clauses, and the preference for subje...

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Main Author: Shoji, Shinichi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2020
In: Studia Orientalia Electronica
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-84
Further subjects:B subordinate clause
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