A transformational analysis of modern colloquial Japanese

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF SYMBOLS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PHONOLOGY -- 3. THE KERNEL -- 4. EXPANSION BY INSERTION -- 5. VERBALIZATION -- 6. ADJECTIVALIZATION -- 7. NOMINALIZATION -- 8. EXPANSION BY CONCATENATION -- 9. EXPANSION BY COMPONENT SHARING -- 10. THE INTERROGATIVE -- 11. INDEFINITE AND ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS -- 12. THE NEGATIVE -- 13. PRO-COMPONENTS -- 14. FOCUSING -- 15. TERMINAL COMPONENTS -- 16. CONNECTING SENTENCES -- 17. REDUCTION AND TIGHTENING -- 18. STYLES -- 19. ACCENT AND JUNCTURE -- 20. ILLUSTRATIVE TEXT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX