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Author Hasegawa, Yoko, 1950-

Title Soliloquy in Japanese and English / Yoko Hasegawa.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 202
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 202.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and indexes.
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.
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.
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Subject Discourse analysis.
Discourse analysis.
Corpora (Linguistics)
Corpora (Linguistics)
Japanese language -- Discourse analysis.
Japanese language -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- Discourse analysis.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hasegawa, Yoko, 1950- Soliloquy in Japanese and English. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010 9789027256065 (DLC) 2010034265 (OCoLC)657223852
ISBN 9789027287533 (electronic book)
9027287538 (electronic book)
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9781282897281
9789027256065
9027256063