Subjectivity in Grammar and Discourse : Theoretical Considerations and a Case Study of Japanese Spoken Discourse.

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This book investigates the notion of subjectivity from a pragmatic point of view. There have been attempts to reduce the notion of the speaker or subjectivity as a syntactic category, or to seek an explanation for it in semantic terms. However, in order to understand the vast range of subjectivity p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Iwasaki, Shoichi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1992.
Temas:
Japanese language > Discourse analysis.
Japonais (Langue) > Analyse du discours.
Japanese language > Discourse analysis
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SUBJECTIVITY IN GRAMMAR AND DISCOURSE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; PREFACE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Speaker and Subjective Phenomena; 1. Absence of the speaker; 2. Existence of the speaker; 2.1. Speaker as the center of deictic elements; 2.1.1. COME; 2.12. GIVE; 2.2. Speaker as the center of evaluation and attitude; 2.2.1. The lexical outlet; 2.2.2. The morphosyntactic outlet; 2.3. Speaker as the center of epistemological perspective; 2.3.1. Expressions of intention; 2.3.2. Mental processes.
  • 2.3.3. Sensation, emotion and desire2.4. Summary; Chapter 2. Speaker Epistemological Perspective; 1. Three types of perspective; 2. Perspective principle; 3. Information accessibility; 4. Information accessibility and transitivity; 5. Information accessibility hypothesis; 5.1. Inner process verb omou 'think'; 5.2. Internal state adjectives; 5.3. Transitive verb naguru 'hit (a person)'; 6. Conclusion; Chapter 3. Speaker Perspective and Tense Form Variation; 1. The "puzzling" uses of tense forms; 2. Tense form variation in narrative; 2.1. The canonical pattern; 2.2. Deviant cases.
  • 2.2.1. The 1S/NONPAST association2.2.2. The 3S/?AST association: Speaker's sudden realization; 2.2.3. The IAS/PAST association: Speaker's evaluation; 2.3. Summary; 3. Tense form variation in English and Japanese narratives; 3.1. The HP in English and tense form variation in Japanese; 3.2. The vividness effect and tense forms; 4. Tense forms and the structure of a clause; 5. Conclusion; Chapter 4. Speaker Perspective and Switch Reference; 1. Clause chaining in Japanese; 1.1. Morphological outline; 1.2. Functions of clause chaining forms; 2. The switch reference system in Japanese.
  • 2.1. The canonical pattern2.2. Switch of information accessibility; 2.2.1. TARA across 1S clauses; 2.2.2. TARA between IS and IAS clauses; 2.2.3. D irection of perspective shift; 2.2.4. Inanimate subjects; 3. Conclusion; Chapter 5. Speaker Perspective and Language Universals; 1. Perspective Distinction; 2. Perspective phenomena in other languages; 2.1. Perspective split; 2.1.1. Perspective split for semantic interpretation; 2.1.2. Case marking (Split ergativity; 2.1.3. Predicate morphology; 2.2. Levels of information accessibility within S-perspective.
  • 2.3. Perspective and transitivity in other languages3. Concluding remarks; NOTES; Chapater 1: Speaker and Subjective Phenomena; Chapter 2: Speaker Epistemological Perspective; Chapter 3: Speaker Perspective and Tense Form Variation; Chapter 4: Speaker Perspective and Switch Reference; Chapter 5: Speaker Perspective and Language Universa1s; REFERENCES; Appendix A: Data Transcription Conventions; 1. Vowels and consonants; 2. Intonation; 3. Symbols for paralinguistic and interactional features; 4. An example; 4.1. Original Transcript; 4.2. Modified Transcript.

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