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: Shinichi Shoji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Oriental Society 2020-05-01
Series:Studia Orientalia Electronica
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/store/article/view/82595