Connotations of Surprise in the Conditionals To and Tara in Japanese: A Review and Synthesis
The two conditionals to and -tara in Japanese do not carry neutral connotations. This paper offers evidence to support the claim that tara can carry, among other things, a connotation of surprise in reference to specific past events. However, evidence is also offered to show that the conditional to,...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics
1993-01-01
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| Series: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/311 |