Japanese Language Patterns: A Structural Approach

✍ Scribed by Anthony Alfonso

• Publisher: Sophia University L.L. Center of Applied Linguistics
• Year: 1966
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 677
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Notes on the Japanese Sound System
Lesson 1 Transitive Action
1.1 Object and Verb
1.2 Time, Object and Verb
1.3 "Yes and No" Questions (I)
1.4 The Topic of the Sentence
Lesson 2 Direction
2.1 Direction with Verbs of Motion
2.2 Direction with Transitive Verbs
2.3 The Source of an Activity
2.4 "Yes and No" Questions (II): Negative Questions
Lesson 3 Means and Location of an Activity
3.1 Means
3.2 Location
3.3 "(Together) with"
3.4 Alternative Questions
Lesson 4 Modification (I): Noun Head Modification (I)
4.1 Noun Modifiers A
4.1 Noun Modifiers B
4.1 Noun Modifiers C
4.1 Noun Modifiers D
4.1 Noun Modifiers E
4.2 Adjective Modifiers A
4.2 Adjective Modifiers B
4.3 Qualitative Noun Modifiers A
4.3 Qualitative Noun Modifiers B
Lesson 5 Location and Existence
5.1 Location
5.2 Existence
5.3 Sequences of Nouns
5.4 Questions Asking for Information
Lesson 6 Equational Sentences
6.1 When the Attribute is a Noun or a qualitative Noun
6.2 When the Attribute is an Adjective
6.3 When Topic and Subject are Present
6.4 Desu as a Substitution Word
6.4 Desu as a Substitution Word A: Substitutions in General
6.4 Desu as a Substitution Word B: Sequences "no desu"
6.4 Desu as a Substitution Word C: "Soo desu" and "chigaimasu"
6.4 Desu as a Substitution Word D: "Made desu"
Lesson 7 The "-te" Form
7.1 Morphology of the Verb (I)
7.2 Progressive Action
7.3 Completed Action
7.4 Sequences of Modifiers
Lesson 8 "Doing" and "Becoming"
8.1 The Verb Suru in General A: Suru Functioning as any other Dynamic Verb
8.1 The Verb Suru in General B: Functioning as a Converter of Nouns into Verbs
8.2 Suru Contrasted with Naru
8.3 Suru as a Non-Dynamic Verb
8.4 Where Japanese and English Verbs Differ
8.5 Location: De Contrasted with Ni
Lesson 9 Commands and Requests
9.1 Morphology of the Verb (II)
9.2 Commands
9.3 Requests: Affirmative
9.4 How to say "Give" in Japanese
Lesson 10 Negative Requests, Suggestions, Uncertainty
10.1 Negative Requests
10.2 A: Suggestions
10.2 B: Indirect Offers
10.3 Uncertainty with Deshoo
10.4 Two Frequent uses of Deshoo
Lesson 11 Modification (II) : Verb Head Modification (I) : Lexicon Items: Numerals
11.1 Modification (II): Verb Head Modification
11.1.1 Verb Modification by Quantity
11.1.2 Verb Modification vs. Noun Modification
11.1.3 Modifiers with Affirmative Verbs and with Negative Verbs
11.2.1 "Measurements"
11.2.2 "Each", "Every"
11.3 Other Verb Modifiers
11.4 Noun Verb Modifiers
Lesson 12 Time
12.1 Some Temporal Words
12.2 Point of Time and Amount of Time
12.3 Ni with Time
12.4 De with Time
12.5 Various Uses of De
Lesson 13 Comparisons
13.1 "Which is better, this or that?"
13.2 "This is better than that"
13.3 "This is the best of all"
13.4 Two Frequent Comparison Patterns
13.5 Some Words with a Comparison Meaning: A
13.5 Some Words with a Comparison Meaning: B
Lesson 14 Modification (III) : Noun Head Modification (II) : Verbs and Sentences Modifying Nouns
14.1 The Japanese Structure
14.2 Modifier Noun Compared with Modifier Verbs
14.3 Verbs Functioning as Nouns with No or Koto
Lesson 15 The Form "no desu"
15.1 No desu, an Explanatory Form
15.2 No desu in Emphatic Sentences
15.3 No desu in Mild Correction
15.4 A Summary of Modification
Lesson 16 Word Compounding and Reduplication
16.1 When the Compound is a Verb
16.2 When the Compound is a Noun
16.3 When the Compound is an Adjective
16.4 When the Compound is a Qualitative Noun
16.5 Reduplication
Lesson 17 Sequences of Sentences (I)
17.1 -te kuru, -te iku
17.2 -te shimau
17.3 -te oku
17.4 Clusters with kureru/kudasaru, morau/itadaku, ageru
17.5 -te miru
Lesson 18 "... and also ..."
18.1 mo with Nouns in General
18.2 mo in Sequence of Attributes
18.3 mo as a Sequence Signal
18.4 "He doesn't read or write"
18.5 Concessions and Prohibitions
Lesson 19 Sequences of Sentences (II) : Simple Sequences and Contrasts
19.1 Sentence Sequences with -te
19.2 Sentence Sequences with ga/keredomo
19.3 -te Contrasted with ga
19.4 Three Contrast Patterns
Lesson 20 Sequences of Sentences (III) : Reasons, Causes, and Enumeration Sequences
20.1 Kara, no de, tame ni
20.1.1 kara Signaling Reason or Cause
20.1.2 kara Signaling a "Mild Reason"
20.1.3 no de
20.1.4 tame ni
20.2 Kara Contrasted with -te & no de
20.2.1 With -te
20.2.2 With no de
20.3 Sentence Sequences with shi
20.4 Sequences with -tari
Lesson 21 Purpose
21.1 Purpose with Verbs of Motion
21.2 Purpose with (no) ni
21.3 Purpose with ni wa
21.4 Purpose with tame ni
21.5 Purpose with yoo ni
Lesson 22 Some Time Expressions
22.1 "When"
22.2 "Before" and "After"
22.3 "While" and "During"
22.4 Other Time Expressions
22.4.1 ... to dooji ni
22.4.2 ... tabi ni
22.4.3 ... titan ni
22.4.4 ... shunkan ni
22.4.5 The Suffix -chuu
22.5 nagara in Contrast Sentences
Vocabulary
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
Lesson 14
Lesson 15
Lesson 16
Lesson 17
Lesson 18
Lesson 19
Lesson 20
Lesson 21
Lesson 22