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Pragmatics and classical Sanskrit : a pilot study in linguistic politeness /
This book explores the possibilities and limitations of pragmatic research in classical Sanskrit concentrating on linguistic politeness. The four case studies it comprises are in essence empirical, and try to accurately describe a fairly limited number of interactions between an also limited number...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1993.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser. 28. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book explores the possibilities and limitations of pragmatic research in classical Sanskrit concentrating on linguistic politeness. The four case studies it comprises are in essence empirical, and try to accurately describe a fairly limited number of interactions between an also limited number of people. The underlying assumption is that a micro-analysis yields recognizable patterns of communicative styles and that these generalizations improve our insight in the workings of politeness (deference) in this language and in languages in general. This book also shows that the relation between. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 454 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-443) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027282866 9027282862 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |