Expressing the self : cultural diversity and cognitive universals / edited by Minyao Huang and Kasia M. Jaszczolt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huang, Minyao, editor.

Jaszczolt, Katarzyna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Self.

Expression (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

The book addresses different linguistic and philosophical aspects of referring to the self in a wide range of languages from different language families. It offers an interdisciplinary understanding of expressing the self that comprises philosophy of mind at one end of the spectrum and cross-cultural pragmatics of self-expression at the other.

Contents:

Introduction: The self in language, in thought, and en route in-between / Kasia M. Jaszczolt

'Me', 'us', and 'others' : expressing the self in Arawak languages of South America, with a focus on Tariana / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

The proper treatment of egophoricity in Kathmandu Newari / Elizabeth Coppock and Stephen Wechsler

Self-referring in Korean, with reference to Korean first-person markers / Hye-Kyung Lee

Expressing the self in Japanese : indexical expressions in the service of indexical thoughts / Rodanthi Christofaki

De se marking, logophoricity, and ziji / Hsiang-Yun Chen

Charting the speaker-relatedness of impersonal pronouns : constrastive evidence from English, French, and Thai / Minyao Huang, Jiranthara Srioutai, and Mélanie Gréaux

Expressing the selves : subject splits and viewpoint hierarchies in multiple-perspective constructions / Sonja Zeman

Referential variability of generic 'one' / Minyao Huang

Expressing the self : from types of de se to speech-act types / Kasia M. Jaszczolt and Maciej Witek

The incremental self / John Perry

On the essentiality of thoughts (and reference) / Eros Corazza

Pragmatic indexicals / Kasia M. Jaszczolt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and indexes.

ISBN:

0198786654

9780198786658

OCLC:

991100934