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Imperative -ta in colloquial Japanese: A descriptive analysis

Svahn, Axel (2007)
Japanese Studies
Abstract
The use of the past tense form (or ta-form) as an imperative in modern Japanese has been touched upon by various scholars. However, a descriptive analysis of the phenomenon has not yet been performed. In this thesis, the characteristics of this type of ta-form usage and the rules governing it are described through a contrastive analysis of the way in which the usage of imperative -ta differs from the other imperative forms of modern Japanese. The relation between aspect and grammatical mood seen in imperative -ta is then discussed, focusing on the connection between imperative -ta and perfective aspect.
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author
Svahn, Axel
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
japanska och paleosibiriska språk, Korean, Japanese, japanska, pragmatics, pragmantik, tense, imperfekt, Linguistics, Koreanska, Paleo-Siberian languages and literatures, Allmän språkvetenskap/Lingvistik
language
English
id
1322097
date added to LUP
2007-02-23 00:00:00
date last changed
2009-03-26 15:12:18
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  abstract     = {{The use of the past tense form (or ta-form) as an imperative in modern Japanese has been touched upon by various scholars. However, a descriptive analysis of the phenomenon has not yet been performed. In this thesis, the characteristics of this type of ta-form usage and the rules governing it are described through a contrastive analysis of the way in which the usage of imperative -ta differs from the other imperative forms of modern Japanese. The relation between aspect and grammatical mood seen in imperative -ta is then discussed, focusing on the connection between imperative -ta and perfective aspect.}},
  author       = {{Svahn, Axel}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Imperative -ta in colloquial Japanese: A descriptive analysis}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}