| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 454 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond,
0922-842X ;
new ser. 28
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 28.
0922-842X
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-443) and index. |
| Summary |
This book explores the possibilities and limitations of pragmatic research in classical Sanskrit concentrating on linguistic politeness. The four case studies it comprises are in essence empirical, and try to accurately describe a fairly limited number of interactions between an also limited number of people. The underlying assumption is that a micro-analysis yields recognizable patterns of communicative styles and that these generalizations improve our insight in the workings of politeness (deference) in this language and in languages in general. This book also shows that the relation between. |
| Contents |
PRAGMATICS AND CLASSICAL SANSKRIT; Editorial page; Title page; Dedication; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Notes; Transcript Notation; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The aims, scope and epistemological basis; 2. Structure and contents; Notes; PART I. PRAGMATICS AND CLASSICAL SANSKRIT; 1. On Sanskrit and Classical Indian Society; Notes; 2 Linguistic Politeness: Theoretical Aspects; Notes; 3 The Indian perspective on politeness, face and indirectness aspresented in the Tradition; Notes; PART II. A PILOT STUDY IN LINGUISTIC POLITENESS; 1 Methodology; Notes. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sanskrit language -- India -- Usage.
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Sanskrit language. |
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India. |
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Sanskrit language -- Social aspects -- India.
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Sanskrit language -- Social aspects. |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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Courtesy.
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Courtesy. |
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Interpersonal communication.
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Interpersonal communication. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walle, Lieve van de. Pragmatics and classical Sanskrit. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993 1556192967 9781556192968 (DLC) 93028325 (OCoLC)28507617 |
| ISBN |
9789027282866 (electronic book) |
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9027282862 (electronic book) |
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1556192967 |
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9781556192968 |
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9027250405 |
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9789027250407 |
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