The Discourse Functions of 'jibun' in Japanese
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This research article aims to study the discourse functions of jibun, a Japanese pronoun, especially its position as sentential subjects, using the frameworks of cohesion given by Halliday and Hasan (1976) and by Bamroongraks (2558[2015]). The data for the research are written discourse drawn from six contemporary Japanese novels. The research findings reveal that the patterns of jibun occurrence fall into two positions; namely, 1) jibun which appears in the main clause construction and 2) jibun which appears in the relative clause construction. The distinction between those constructions is another way of describing the discourse functions of jibun, showing some marked variations across the two constructions. The two main aspects of the discourse function of jibun are 1) jibun within the main clause construction appearing to serve as a cohesion device in order to refer to a noun or noun phrase: personal noun and zero pronoun and 2) jibun within the relative clause construction having the function of topic emphasis.
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บทความทุกบทความเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของภาษาและภาษาศาสตร์
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