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An Analysis of the Postposing Construction in Japanese

Mutsuko Endo Simon

出版	University of Michigan, 1989
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6-gZAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Semantically, it is shown that both the degree of transparency of the verb and parsing factors have effects on the acceptability of postposed sentences. Pragmatically, while some sentences of the pause type express an "afterthought" (as we understand the term in its prototypical sense), the motivation of others are not so clear. Sentences of the no-pause type, on the other hand, can all be analyzed as reflecting a general principle operative in informal, unplanned speech, especially under time pressure,