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This paper examines Japanese indefinite expressions dareka/nanika in detail, to explore effective ways to introduce them in Japanese instruction. To do so, I will first show that dareka/nanika (without particles) are like numeral quantifiers, such as futari "two (people)" or go-hon "five (cylindrical objects)." Second, I will show that dareka/nanika without particles are more like English indefinite articles. In many textbooks, dareka/nanika are said to appear without particles, but the nature of the omission of particles is not clearly explained. This paper will elucidate the structure that lies behind dareka/nanika without particles. Finally, I will connect the linguistic insights on dareka/nanika presented in this paper to Japanese instruction and defend this paper's pedagogical contributions. I will argue for more rigorous efforts to: translate findings in linguistics for language instruction; provide clear and explicatory information on the Japanese language to language instructors in a manner that goes beyond mere descriptions; and help organize and/or reorganize pedagogical grammar by taking theoretically-informed linguistic findings into consideration.

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Author

Etsuyo Yuasa

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)