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Exploring the Self, Subjectivity, and Character across Japanese and Translation Texts

By Senko K. Maynard

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2022
ISBN
9789004505865, 2021058048, 9789004505858
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1368427 bytes)
Series
Studies in Pragmatics, 20
Pages
305\306
Time added
2023-06-29 10:36:31

Description

From the perspective of philosophical contrastive pragmatics, this study investigates our multiple selves as manifested in how we use language. Based on analyses of original and translation texts of Japanese and English literary works, the Japanese self is proposed as being fundamentally empty and yet richly populated with multiple subjective aspects, characters, and characteristics. Incorporating the concept of emptiness drawn from Japanese philosophical traditions and postmodernism primarily developed in the West, selves evidenced in grammar, style, and variation are investigated applying interpretive resources of linguistic subjectivity, character, and character-speak. Expressive gaps found in source and target texts across two languages lead us toward different ontological views, and guide us to engage in the rethinking of the concept of self.

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