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Demonstratives and possessives with attitude : an intersubjectively-oriented empirical study /

Linking grammatical analyses with ideas about a shareable reality, this book investigates some fascinating ways in which nominal reference is exploited to meet interpersonal and rhetorical goals. It focuses on the use of demonstrative and possessive determiners in Polish discourse and proposes that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rybarczyk, Magdalena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Colección:Human cognitive processing ; v. 51.
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  • Demonstratives and Possessives with Attitude; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; Chapter 1. Meaning construction and nominal reference; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Meaning in cognitive grammar; 1.2.1 Meaning is essential, and it is emergent; 1.2.2 Meaning is conceptualization; 1.2.3 Meaning is encyclopedic; 1.2.4 Meaning is usage-based; 1.2.5 Meaning is shared; 1.3 Reference; 1.4 Viewing arrangement and construal; 1.5 Deixis and the grounding predications in English.
  • 1.6 Covert grounding in Polish1.7 Conclusion; Chapter 2. Demonstratives: Judging distances; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 English demonstratives; 2.3 Polish demonstratives ; 2.4 Emphatic and attitudinal ten; 2.4.1 Demonstratives combined with proper names; 2.4.1.1 Marking intersubjectively-shared familiarity; 2.4.1.2 Marking familiarity and distance; 2.4.1.3 Distancing 'close' individuals; 2.4.1.4 Marking noteworthiness; 2.4.1.5 Demonstratives combined with country names; 2.4.2 Demonstratives combined with body parts; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter 3. Possessives: Forming groups; 3.1 Introduction.
  • 3.2 Possession and possessive constructions3.2.1 The meaning of the possessive construction; 3.2.2 Possessive construals; 3.2.2.1 Profiling and mental scanning; 3.2.2.2 The possessor and the possessed; 3.2.2.3 Possessive pronouns and relational nouns in possessives; 3.2.2.4 Inalienability and the dative of possession ; 3.2.2.5 Dominion and the personal sphere; 3.3 Possessive pronouns in interaction; 3.3.1 Default reference points; 3.3.2 Manipulating reference points in interactive frames; 3.4 Possessive pronouns vs. demonstratives.
  • 3.4.1 A possessive pronoun, a demonstrative, or something else?3.4.2 A possessive pronoun and a demonstrative; 3.5 Conclusion; Chapter 4. Case study: "Solidarni 2010"; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The proximal demonstrative ten; 4.3 Possessives; 4.3.1 Poland; 4.3.2 The president; 4.4 Conclusion; Chapter 5. Demonstratives and possessives in experimentation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Experiment 1: Emotionality scale; 5.2.1 Attitudinal ten; 5.2.2 Possessives; 5.3 Experiment 2: Drawing distances; 5.3.1 Café: Interpersonal distance; 5.3.2 Office: Affective distance.
  • 5.4 Experiment 3: Matching for intersubjective coordination5.5 Conclusion; Chapter 6. Conclusions and discussion; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 How to approach intersubjectivity in language?; 6.2.1 Research plan and multiple empirical approaches; 6.2.2 Setting the stage: Corpus-illustrated analysis; 6.2.3 The show: Corpus-based analysis; 6.2.3.1 The right kind of corpus; 6.2.3.2 Case study; 6.2.4 Behind the scenes: Experimentation; 6.3 Theoretical considerations; 6.4 Outlook; 6.5 Conclusion; References; Data and internet sources; Author index; Subject index.