Essays about: "no-da"

Found 2 essays containing the word no-da.

  1. 1. The Effect of No-da on Politeness in Japanese

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Annie Ingelsson; [2021]
    Keywords : no-da; politeness; Japanese language; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the effect the no-da construction has on the politeness of two sentence types: requests and quotations followed by opinion. The purpose is, more specifically, to examine whether claims regarding the effect no-da has on these sentence types, made by Kuno (1973) and McGloin (1980), can be supported or not. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Functions of Noda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Eric Ahl; [2013]
    Keywords : nominal predicate; no da; n desu; Cohesion; Japanese language; nominalization; japanska; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to give a descriptive overview of the Japanese nominal predicate no da. The structure is looked at mainly through two separate perspectives; one investigating its modal properties and one investigating its influence on the information structure within its scope. READ MORE