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This paper presents a comparative pragmatic analysis of Japanese and English based on the theory of territory of information develped in an earlier paper. The theory assumes that the notion of territory familiar from studies on the behavior of animals (including human beings) is also relevant to the evidential aspect of language. On this assumption, it aims to specify the relationship between the forms of utterance and the notion of territory of information. This paper first presents a summary of an analysis of utterances in Japanese, developed in the earlier paper, and then provides an analysis of English utterances within the framework of the theory of territory of information. On the basis of these results, it further attempts to analyze psychological utterances in both languages and show that their pragmatic characters are also explained by the theory. |
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