The Structure of the Japanese Language, Volume 3

by Susumu Kuno

Book Overview

Conventional grammars tell us when we can use given grammatical patterns. However, they almost invariably fail to tell us when we cannot use them. Many of the chapters of this book are concerned with the latter problem. They attempt to explain why some sentences that should be grammatical according to the explanations given in conventional grammars are in fact ungrammatical. In this sense, the book can be called a grammar of ungrammatical sentences......

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262110490
• ISBN13: 9780262110495
• Release Date: April 1973
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher