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Title Autour des verbes : constructions et interprétations / sous la direction de Kozue Ogata, Université Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo
Published Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013

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Series Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa, 0165-7569 ; v. 29
Linguisticae investigationes. Supplementa ; v. 29, 0165-7569
Summary This paper is intended as an contrastive study of present narrative in French and in Japanese within the framework of Mental Space Theory. In French the so called "historical present" is a metaphorical use of present tense intending to convey past events as if it were now present before the speaker's eye. But in Japanese the present tense is used to describe the state of past situations without any stylistic effects. The difference comes from the different tense systems of the two languages. In French all events must be indicated from the speaker's position, but Japanese tense indicate only th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes French
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
French language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese
Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- French
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb
Form Electronic book
Author Ogata, Kozue, editor
ISBN 9789027271440
9027271445
1299794742
9781299794740