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Linguistic emotivity : centrality of place, the topic-comment dynamic, and an ideology of pathos in Japanese discourse /

Linguistic Emotivity explores expressive and emotive meanings in Japanese from the perspective of the Place of Negotiation theory. The Place of Negotiation theory provides a framework for understanding how linguistic signs function in the place of communication (in cognitive, emotive, and interactio...

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Main Author: Maynard, Senko K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002.
Subjects:
Emotive (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Topic and comment.
Japanese language > Discourse analysis.
Language and culture > Japan.
Pathos.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0585462585
9780585462585
9027297371
9789027297372
9781588112026
1588112020
9789027251176
9027251177
ISSN:0922-842X ;
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Linguistic Emotivity; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; Part 1: Preliminaries; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Background; Part 2: Theory; Chapter 3: The Place of Negotiation theory; Chapter 4: The (re- )turn to place; Chapter 5: Locating and interpreting emotive meanings; Chapter 6: Topic-comment, futaku, and the Rhetoric of Pathos; Part 3: Emotive topics; On data for analysis; Chapter 7: Vocatives and topics; Chapter 8: Emotive nominals; Chapter 9: Quotative topics; Chapter 10: Emotive nan(i) 'what'; Part 4: Emotive comments.

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