Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Social science, Education and Humanities Research (ICSEHR 2017)

Semantic Analysis of the Wa Tautology in Subordinate Clauses with Low Independence Degree

Authors
Liu Yu, Zhao Junhuai
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Liu Yu
Available Online December 2017.
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10.2991/icsehr-17.2017.34How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Tautological Expression; Clause; Independence Degree; Category; Idiomatic Expression
Abstract

Japanese boasts a great variety of tautological expressions, some of which carry certain unusual semantic features when these tautologies are employed in clauses. This paper attempts to analyze the?(pronounced wa) tautology in subordinate clauses with low independence degree, and to explore the semantic properties of this category.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Social science, Education and Humanities Research (ICSEHR 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
December 2017
ISBN
10.2991/icsehr-17.2017.34
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icsehr-17.2017.34How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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