| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 151 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series,
0165-7763 ;
v. 78
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 78.
0165-7763
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index. |
| Summary |
In this monograph the author probes the fundamental nature of the concept of agency and its importance to human language and cognition. Whereas previous studies focused on grammatical manifestations this original work addresses such issues as the strong relationship between agency and responsibility, a philosophical interpretation of the concept of agency and a variety of epistemic attitudes towards agency that strongly influence our view of the world. Different cultures and languages process and express agency differently. To illustrate the co-relation between the linguistic expressions of ag. |
| 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 |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agent nouns.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agent nouns. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subjectless constructions.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subjectless constructions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yamamoto, Mutsumi, 1942- Agency and impersonality. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2006 (DLC) 2006047728 |
| ISBN |
9027230889 (alkaline paper) |
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9789027230881 (alkaline paper) |
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9789027293282 (electronic book) |
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9027293287 (electronic book) |
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