The Logic Behind Japanese Sentence Structure

Re:The Logic Behind Japanese Sentence Structure by gizmo686 on Sunday March 19, 2017 @02:27PM (#13908782)

This isn't quite true.

は has two distinct usages. One is to mark the topic of the sentence. The other is to mark the subject of the sentence with a contrastive connotation.

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Re:The Logic Behind Japanese Sentence Structure by glandium on Monday March 20, 2017 @02:44AM (#13912225)

It also has a use for emphasis. And a few others uses.

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Re:The Logic Behind Japanese Sentence Structure by strongai on Sunday March 19, 2017 @06:37PM (#13910111)

And what does 'contrastive connotation' mean?

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Re:The Logic Behind Japanese Sentence Structure by glandium on Monday March 20, 2017 @02:44AM (#13912227)

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