Animacy and reference : a cognitive approach to corpus linguistics /

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Author / Creator:	Yamamoto, Mutsumi, 1942-
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 46 Studies in language companion series ; v. 46.
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy. Reference (Linguistics) English language -- Animacy. Japanese language -- Animacy. English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese. Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English. English language -- Animacy. English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy. Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English. Reference (Linguistics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11286004

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ISBN:	9789027298768 9027298769 9781556199325 1556199325 1556199325 9027230498 9789027230492
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Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	The concept of 'animacy' concerns the fundamental and cognitive question of the extent to which we recognize and express living things as saliently human-like or animal-like. In Animacy and Reference Mutsumi Yamamoto pursues two main objectives: First, to establish a conceptual framework of animacy, and secondly, to explain how the concept of animacy can be reflected in the use of referential expressions. Unlike previous studies on the subject focussing on grammatical manifestations, Animacy and Reference sheds light upon the conceptual properties of animacy itself and its reflection in referen.
Other form:	Print version: Yamamoto, Mutsumi, 1942- Animacy and reference. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999 9789027230492

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Acknowledgments
2. List of Abbreviations
3. List of Tables
4. List of Figures
5. Introduction
6. A. The General Animacy Scale
7. B. The Hierarchy of Persons
8. C. The Individuation Scale
9. D. Semantic Roles
10. E. Politeness
11. Chapter 1: What is `Animacy'?
12. 1.1 General Animacy Scale
13. 1.2 Models of the `Animacy Hierarchy' and Degree of Animacy within Human Category
14. 1.3 Concluding Remarks
15. Chapter 2: What Does Animacy Do to Human Language?
16. 2.1 Overview
17. 2.2 Case Marking
18. 2.3 Word Order
19. 2.4 Subject Selection
20. 2.5 Topicality
21. 2.6 Towards a Generalisation
22. 2.7 Concluding Remarks
23. Chapter 3: Hierarchy of Persons and Animacy in English and Japanese
24. 3.1 Overview
25. 3.2 Some Remarks on the Pragmatic Characteristics of the Hierarchy of Persons
26. 3.3 The Japanese Person System
27. 3.4 Corpus Analysis and Treatment of Noun Phrases in Texts
28. 3.5 First Person
29. 3.6 Second Person
30. 3.7 Third Person
31. 3.8 Concluding Remarks
32. Chapter 4: Degree of Individuation and Encoding of Animacy
33. 4.1 Overview
34. 4.2 Persons as Individuals vs. Persons as Roles
35. 4.3 Organisations
36. 4.4 Concluding Remarks
37. Chapter 5: Agency and Animacy
38. 5.1 Overview
39. 5.2 Agency
40. 5.3 Expression and Suppression of Agency and Animacy
41. 5.4 Concluding Remarks
42. Chapter 6: A Neverending Story of Animacy
43. 6.1 A Neverending Story of Animacy
44. 6.2 Concluding Summary -- Contribution to Linguistics
45. References
46. Appendix: Lists of Human/Animate Noun Phrases in Corpus
47. Case Study 1: Yukio Mishima, Hyaku-man Yen Senbei (`One Million Yen Rice Cracker' or `Three Million Yen')
48. Case Study 2: Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express
49. Case Study 3: Asahi Shinbun and Asahi Evening News
50. Case Study 4: Newsweek
51. Case Study 5: The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and Systems and Computers in Japan
52. Case Study 6: Scientific American
53. Case Study 7: `Tetsuko no Heya'
54. Case Study 8: Viewpoints
55. Index

Animacy and reference : a cognitive approach to corpus linguistics /

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