An Analysis of Japanese Sentence-final Particle Yone: Compare Yone and Ne in Response

Jun Xu


Abstract
Yone, a Japanese sentence-final particle (SFP), is frequently used in conversation, and some functions overlap with ne, another SFP. However, not much discussion has taken place about their differences. This study argues that the two Japanese sentence-final particles, yone and ne, express a distinction about the speaker’s state of mind: yone indicates that an idea has been on the speaker’s mind, while ne suggests a thought just emerged into the speaker’s awareness. Naturally occurring conversation data provides evidence for this claim. The results show that the particles reflect the speaker’s choice of presenting his/her state of awareness.
Anthology ID:
2021.dnd-12.2
Volume:
Dialogue Discourse Volume 12
Month:
December
Year:
2021
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Editors:
Patrick Healey, Barbara Di Eugenio, Vera Demberg, Jonathan Ginzburg, Kallirroi Georgila, Amir Zeldes, Massimo Poesio
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DND
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SIGDIAL
Publisher:
University of Illinois Chicago
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174–191
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URL:
https://aclanthology.org/2021.dnd-12.2/
DOI:
10.5210/dad.2021.206
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Jun Xu. 2021. An Analysis of Japanese Sentence-final Particle Yone: Compare Yone and Ne in Response. Dialogue & Discourse, 12:174–191.
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An Analysis of Japanese Sentence-final Particle Yone: Compare Yone and Ne in Response (Xu, DND 2021)
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