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Peer reviewedMaynard, Senko K. – Language Sciences, 1996
Examines, within the framework of contrastive rhetoric, nominal clauses and predicates, arguing that there are essential differences in nominalization between English and Japanese, such as focusing on the event in Japanese and on the individual in English. The article emphasizes the diverse ways in which languages are endowed to express different…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
