Agency and impersonality : their linguistic and cultural manifestations /

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Author / Creator:Yamamoto, Mutsumi, 1942-
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 151 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 78
Studies in language companion series ; v. 78.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11212842
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ISBN:9027230889
9789027230881
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9027293287
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index.
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Summary:In this monograph the author probes the fundamental nature of the concept of agency and its importance to human language and cognition. Whereas previous studies focused on grammatical manifestations this original work addresses such issues as the strong relationship between agency and responsibility, a philosophical interpretation of the concept of agency and a variety of epistemic attitudes towards agency that strongly influence our view of the world. Different cultures and languages process and express agency differently. To illustrate the co-relation between the linguistic expressions of ag.
Other form:Print version: Yamamoto, Mutsumi, 1942- Agency and impersonality. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2006