On Certain Differences between English and Japanese : A Study of Superlative Expressions

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概要

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• The aim of this article is to compare the English and Japanese superlative expressions and to indicate that the English noun in the superlative form can be pluralized, which means that it does not confine itself to the one and only one thing. In Japanese, on the contrary, the superlative expression refers to the only one entity, by definition. This sharp difference between English and Japanese can primarily be ascribed to the particular nature of English preposition of, which is most likely to be used to express the whole-part relationship.

• 高知大学の論文
• 2003-12-25

著者

• Tanaka Hiroaki

  English Linguistics Department At Cross-cultural Communication Faculty Of Humanities Kochi Universit

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