Interaction between characters in Heike monogatari dialogues: language forms and functions

This thesis examines language aspects of interaction in dialogue passages of Heike monogatari (The Tale of the Heike, 1371) focusing on the role of language forms in characterization. The main goal of the present study is to assess the role of language variation and analyze how it participates in co...

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Main Author: Lushchenko, Alexey
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27643