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10 - bakari ka - (sae)

I. The phrases bakari de (wa) naku - (mo) and dake de (wa) naku - (mo)
are very similar to bakari ka - (sae). Among those three constructions
bakari ka - (sae) expresses the highest degree of unexpectedness
between the content of S, and Sz. If such unexpectedness is missing, the
bakari ka - (sae) construction sounds awkward. Examples follow.

[1] a. &a>Ad&.B5& {EIf /lifi>bGl] T(lb)Q<x;l."-';r&d:{
&&ao
(He is not only good scholastically; he is also good at
sports.)

b. ??zo$l&.~~b'lifi'~Ih'f~tbC:Sx~&,
(+ dake de (wa) naku - (mo) (DBJG: 97-100))

11. S1 dokoroka Sz, a construction indicating that s.0. / s.t. is very far from
ah (un)desirable state, is quite different from SI bakari ka SZ, when S1 is
affirmative and Sz is negative or when S1 is negative and S2 is affirma-
tive. Examples follow.
bit, k'
[3] %&.EI$z~'s*& {ZL3fi' /*lffi>blfi>l, -E&BS&Lf:L
275'69 ash,
(I am far from being able to speak Japanese; I haven't studied it
at all.)