Soliloquy in Japanese and English /
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| Author / Creator: | Hasegawa, Yoko, 1950- |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 202 Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 202. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244152 |
| Summary: | Language is recognized as an instrument of communication and thought. Under the shadow of prevailing investigation of language as a communicative means, its function as a tool for thinking has long been neglected in empirical research, vis-à-vis philosophical discussions. Language manifests itself differently when there is no interlocutor to communicate and interact. How is it similar and how does it differ in these two situations--communication and thought? Soliloquy in Japanese and English analyzes experimentally-obtained soliloquy data in Japanese and in English and explores the potential utility of such data for delving into this uncharted territory. It deals with five topics in which elimination from discourse of an addressee is particularly relevant and significant. Four are derived from Japanese: the sentence-final particles ne and yo , deixis and anaphora, gendered speech, linguistic politeness; the fifth topic is the use of the second person pronoun you in soliloquy in English. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027287533 9027287538 1282897284 9781282897281 9789027256065 9027256063 9786612897283 6612897287 |