A blurring of categorization

The Japanese connective de has been found to be the most frequently occurring connective in spontaneous conversation. Yet, studies on de have been rather scarce compared to other connectives such as demo ‘but’ and dakara ‘so; therefore’. The current study examines the occurrence of this highly frequent connective (as well as its variants, sorede and nde) and demonstrates its very distinctive characteristics in on-line interaction. The results reveal a unique and ambiguous status of de, which behaves like an independent word at times but also shows prefix-like usage at other times. That is, de seems to have some properties that clitics have, in that it is not like a typical independent word, and is not like a typical bound morpheme, either. An examination of de in naturally occurring conversation supports and calls into question the notion of ‘categorization

Categorization · Conversation · Linguistics · Morpheme · Prefix · Communication · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology

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