Tense and Aspect in Modern Colloquial Japanese

By Matsuo Soga

Going beyond what has been previously written on tense and aspect in general and concerning Japanese in particular, this work lays the foundation for a systematization of aspectual categories on the basis of realized versus unrealized rather than completive and incompletive categories. Clearly presented and substantially documented, the material in this book makes a significant and original contribution to the study of Japanese linguistics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774801581
• ISBN13: 9780774801584
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 250 Pages