JAPANESE CONJUNCTION <i>KEDO</i> (‘BUT’) IN UTTERANCE-FINAL USE: A RELEVANCE-BASED ANALYSIS

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  • JAPANESE CONJUNCTION KEDO (^|^lsquo;BUT^|^rsquo;) IN UTTERANCE-FINAL USE: A RELEVANCE-BASED ANALYSIS
  • Japanese conjunction kedo (‘but’) in utterance-final use: a relevance-based analysis

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This paper investigates the intrinsic semantic meaning of kedo (‘but’) in utterance-final use and what kind of pragmatic effects an utterance appended with kedo would derive. I explain how softening or hedging effects are derived by the utterance-final use of kedo. I compare kedo in utterance-final use with that in utterance-medial use and point out the difference in its pragmatic function. I identify the pragmatic function of kedo within the framework of Relevance Theory which is a theory of communication and cognition.

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  • ENGLISH LINGUISTICS

    ENGLISH LINGUISTICS 9 (0), 265-283, 1992

    The English Linguistic Society of Japan

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  • CRID
    1390001205327167744
  • NII Article ID
    130003651064
  • DOI
    10.9793/elsj1984.9.265
  • ISSN
    18843107
    09183701
  • Text Lang
    en
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    • JaLC
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    • OpenAIRE
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