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Masayoshi Shibatani, Shigeru Miyagawa, and Hisashi Noda: Handbook of Japanese Syntax

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2013

K. Mihara

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Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Rethinking Theoretical and Geographical Boundaries 欧亚语言的名词修饰从句结构:对理论和地理边界的再思考

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2014

Noriko Yabuki-Soh

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Word recognition in a language with multiple orthographies: A semantic masked-priming study of L1 Mandarin learners of L3 Japanese 多正字法语言的词识别:汉语母语学习者的语义屏蔽启动研究

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2012

S. Goss

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Connecting L1 and L2 acquisition: From the perspective of macro and micro narrative structure 连接母语和第二语言习得:从宏观和微观叙事结构的角度

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2008

M. Minami

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Elizabeth A. Thomson Motoki Sano Helen de Silva Joyce: Mapping Genres, Mapping Culture: Japanese Texts in Context Elizabeth A. Thomson Motoki Sano Helen de Silva Joyce:体裁映射，文化映射:语境中的日本文本

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2006

Ryuko Kubota

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Ambiguity in Japanese relative clause processing 日语关系从句处理中的歧义

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2005

Michael P. Mansbridge, K. Tamaoka

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A sound-symbolic alternation to express cuteness and the orthographic Lyman’s Law in Japanese 日语中表达可爱的声音符号交替和正字法莱曼定律

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2004

Gakuji Kumagai

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Expressing evolution in Pokémon names: Experimental explorations 在poksammon名字中表达进化:实验探索

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-2002

S. Kawahara, Gakuji Kumagai

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Frontmatter

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2019-05-01 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2019-frontmatter1

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Two puzzles on the nominative particle ga in Japanese 日语主格粒子ga的两个困惑

Journal of Japanese Linguistics Pub Date : 2018-10-25 DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2018-0015

N. Kawasaki

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