E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 328 Seiten
Maynard Discourse Modality
Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-90-272-8584-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Subjectivity, Emotion and Voice in the Japanese Language
E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 328 Seiten
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
ISBN: 978-90-272-8584-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The emotional aspects of language have so far not received the attention they deserve. This study focuses on nonpropositional, i.e. expressive and interactional meanings of Japanese signs, with special emphasis on understanding their cognitive, psychological and social meanings. It shows how the Japanese language is richly endowed to express personal voice and emotive nuances, and confronts the theoretical issues related to this. The author proposes a new theoretical framework for Discourse Modality, a primary concern for Japanese speakers, to analyze the 'expressiveness' of language.