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Topic marker wa

Authored by: Naomi H. McGloin , Mutsuko Endo Hudson , Fumiko Nazikian , Tomomi Kakegawa

Modern Japanese Grammar

Print publication date:  October  2013
Online publication date:  March  2017

Print ISBN: 9780415571999
eBook ISBN: 9780203856628
Adobe ISBN: 9781135151393

10.4324/9780203856628.ch11

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Abstract

The particle wa introduces the topic of a sentence. The topic is a word or a group of words that indicates what the sentence is about. When the speaker can assume that the hearer knows what he/she is talking about, the speaker can introduce that item as a topic with the particle wa.

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