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Animacy and reference : a cognitive approach to corpus linguistics /
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 o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 46. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027298768 9027298769 9781556199325 1556199325 |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |