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

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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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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liu Yu
AU  - Zhao Junhuai
PY  - 2017/12
DA  - 2017/12
TI  - Semantic Analysis of the Wa Tautology in Subordinate Clauses with Low Independence Degree
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Social science, Education and Humanities Research (ICSEHR 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 138
EP  - 141
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsehr-17.2017.34
DO  - 10.2991/icsehr-17.2017.34
ID  - Yu2017/12
ER  -