the commentator suggests that it is necessary to extend the classical connotation of  global city which focuses much on the functions of controlling global capital and production. global city should also include the dimensions of the leading role and capacity on health improvements and well-being promotion. the commentator agrees with authors’ assessments about shanghai’s substantial progress o...

This paper focuses on the phrase-final rising in Tochigi Japanese. It is said that Tochigi Japanese tend to raise their phrase-final frequently. In this paper, I have confirmed two things. One is that the position of occurrence of phrase-final rising in Tochigi Japanese is not so different from rising or rising-falling intonation in standard Tokyo Japanese. The other is that there is an evident...