Soliloquy in Japanese and English / Yoko Hasegawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasegawa, Yōko.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 202.

Pragmatics & beyond new series ; 202

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Japanese language--Discourse analysis.

Japanese language.

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Language is recognized as an instrument of communication and thought. Under the shadow of prevailing investigation of language as a communicative means, its function as a tool for thinking has long been neglected in empirical research, vis-à-vis philosophical discussions. Language manifests itself differently when there is no interlocutor to communicate and interact. How is it similar and how does it differ in these two situations-communication and thought? Soliloquy in Japanese and English analyzes experimentally-obtained soliloquy data in Japanese and in English and explores the potential utility of such data for delving into this uncharted territory. It deals with five topics in which elimination from discourse of an addressee is particularly relevant and significant. Four are derived from Japanese: the sentence-final particles ne and yo, deixis and anaphora, gendered speech, linguistic politeness; the fifth topic is the use of the second person pronoun you in soliloquy in English.

Contents:

Introduction

Sentence-final particles

Deixis and anaphora

Gendered speech in soliloquy

Soliloquy and linguistic politeness

The indefinite you in English soliloquy

Considerations and conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612897283

9781282897281

1282897284

9789027287533

9027287538

OCLC:

697617483