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Discourse Modality : Subjectivity, Emotion and Voice in the Japanese Language.
The emotional aspects of language have so far not received the attention they deserve. This study focuses on nonpropositional, i.e. expressive and interactional meanings of Japanese signs, with special emphasis on understanding their cognitive, psychological and social meanings. It shows how the Jap...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1993.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
24. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The emotional aspects of language have so far not received the attention they deserve. This study focuses on nonpropositional, i.e. expressive and interactional meanings of Japanese signs, with special emphasis on understanding their cognitive, psychological and social meanings. It shows how the Japanese language is richly endowed to express personal voice and emotive nuances, and confronts the theoretical issues related to this. The author proposes a new theoretical framework for Discourse Modality, a primary concern for Japanese speakers, to analyze the 'expressiveness' of language. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | ReferencesData References; Author Index; Subject Index; The series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. |
| ISBN: | 9789027285843 9027285845 1283092689 9781283092685 9786613092687 6613092681 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |