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Author Yamamoto, Mutsumi, 1942-

Title Animacy and reference : a cognitive approach to corpus linguistics / Mutsumi Yamamoto
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages)
Series Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 46
Studies in language companion series ; v. 46.
Contents Ch. 1. What is 'Animacy'? -- Ch. 2. What Does Animacy Do to Human Language? -- Ch. 3. Hierarchy of Persons and Animacy in English and Japanese -- Ch. 4. Degree of Individuation and Encoding of Animacy -- Ch. 5. Agency and Animacy -- Ch. 6. A Neverending Story of Animacy -- Appendix. Lists of Human/Animate Noun Phrases in Corpus. Case Study 1. Yukio Mishima, Hyaku-man Yen Senbei ('One Million Yen Rice Cracker' or 'Three Million Yen'). Case Study 2. Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express. Case Study 3. Asahi Shinbun and Asahi Evening News. Case Study 4. Newsweek. Case Study 5. The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and Systems and Computers in Japan. Case Study 6. Scientific American. Case Study 7. 'Tetsuko no Heya'. Case Study 8. Viewpoints
Summary The concept of 'animacy' concerns the fundamental and cognitive question of the extent to which we recognize and express living things as saliently human-like or animal-like. In Animacy and Reference Mutsumi Yamamoto pursues two main objectives: First, to establish a conceptual framework of animacy, and secondly, to explain how the concept of animacy can be reflected in the use of referential expressions. Unlike previous studies on the subject focussing on grammatical manifestations, Animacy and Reference sheds light upon the conceptual properties of animacy itself and its reflection in referen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy.
Reference (Linguistics)
English language -- Animacy.
Japanese language -- Animacy
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese
Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English
English language -- Animacy
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy
Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English
Reference (Linguistics)
Referenz Linguistik
Belebtheit Grammatik
Engels.
Japans.
Referentie.
Animacy.
Référence (linguistique)
Anglais (langue) -- Grammaire comparée -- Japonais (langue)
Japonais (langue) -- Grammaire comparée -- Anglais (langue)
Animé (linguistique)
Anglais (langue) -- Animé.
Japonais (langue) -- Animé.
Englisch.
Japanisch.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027298768
9027298769
9781556199325
1556199325