Japanese auxiliary nouns in examples and comparisons

The book provides a detailed treatment of sixty auxiliary nouns and associated noun devices, which are one of the core resources of Japanese grammar. There are more than 250 constructions containing the given auxiliary nouns, which are sorted according to the internal structure into four categories, clearly structuring the individual entries. Each construction is described formally, semantically and stylistically, and information on typical collocates is also included. The constructions are supported by a sufficient number of idiomatic example sentences and, where appropriate, are supplemented by comparisons with semantically or formally similar devices.