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Discourse Modality: Subjectivity, Emotion and Voice in the Japanese Language

By Senko K. Maynard

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins
Year
1993
ISBN
9027250367, 9789027250360
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (29828151 bytes)
Series
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 24
Pages
328\328
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Time added
2015-02-15 23:29:49
Языки и языкознание;Японский язык

Description

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.

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