Mitsuaki Shimojo is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His notable publications include Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation (2005).

'Shimojo's book breaks new ground in the investigation of information structure in Japanese. It explores important issues in the syntax-pragmatics interface using discourse data collected from L1 and L2 Japanese speakers and applying the approaches of Role and Reference Grammar and Centering Theory. The result is a revealing and insightful account of the role of salience in the analysis of the interaction of syntax and discourse in Japanese.' Robert D. Van Valin, Jr, University at Buffalo (SUNY) and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

• Preface; List of abbreviations; Notes on transcriptions; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Backward-looking salience and argument forms: discourse analysis; 4. Backward-looking salience and argument forms: RRG representations; 5. Predicate-less constructions; 6. Forward-looking non-salience and arguement forms; 7. Concluding remarks.

Mitsuaki Shimojo is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His notable publications include Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation (2005).

'Shimojo's book breaks new ground in the investigation of information structure in Japanese. It explores important issues in the syntax-pragmatics interface using discourse data collected from L1 and L2 Japanese speakers and applying the approaches of Role and Reference Grammar and Centering Theory. The result is a revealing and insightful account of the role of salience in the analysis of the interaction of syntax and discourse in Japanese.' Robert D. Van Valin, Jr, University at Buffalo (SUNY) and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

• Preface; List of abbreviations; Notes on transcriptions; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Backward-looking salience and argument forms: discourse analysis; 4. Backward-looking salience and argument forms: RRG representations; 5. Predicate-less constructions; 6. Forward-looking non-salience and arguement forms; 7. Concluding remarks.

Mitsuaki Shimojo is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His notable publications include Argument Encoding in Japanese Conversation (2005).

'Shimojo's book breaks new ground in the investigation of information structure in Japanese. It explores important issues in the syntax-pragmatics interface using discourse data collected from L1 and L2 Japanese speakers and applying the approaches of Role and Reference Grammar and Centering Theory. The result is a revealing and insightful account of the role of salience in the analysis of the interaction of syntax and discourse in Japanese.' Robert D. Van Valin, Jr, University at Buffalo (SUNY) and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

• Preface; List of abbreviations; Notes on transcriptions; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Backward-looking salience and argument forms: discourse analysis; 4. Backward-looking salience and argument forms: RRG representations; 5. Predicate-less constructions; 6. Forward-looking non-salience and arguement forms; 7. Concluding remarks.