| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 169 pages) |
| Series |
Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; volume 344 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 344.
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| Contents |
Intro; DIACHRONY OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN JAPANESE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Preliminary remarks; 1.2 Towards a definition of personal pronouns (in Japanese); 1.3 Synchronic overview; 1.4 Diachronic overview; 1.5 Periodization and data; 1.6 Outline; Chapter 2. Noun-based forms; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 First person forms; 2.2.1 Watakushi 'private'; 2.2.2 Boku 'servant'; 2.3 Second person forms; 2.3.1 Kimi 'lord'; 2.3.2 Kisama 'nobility' |
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2.4 Semantic bleaching and pragmatic depreciation2.5 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 3. Demonstrative-based forms; 3.1 Demonstratives in Japanese; 3.1.1 Demonstratives and Japanese personal pronouns; 3.1.2 Overview of Japanese demonstratives; 3.2 Third person forms; 3.3 First/second person forms; 3.3.1 Metonymic use of demonstratives for person referents; 3.3.2 Inapplicability of speaker innovation; 3.3.3 Functional dissimilarity between demonstratives and first/second person pronouns; 3.3.4 From a demonstrative to a second person pronoun; 3.4 Location nouns; 3.4.1 Omae 'honorable front' |
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3.4.2 Temae 'in front of hand'3.5 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 4. Principles of person shift; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Extravagant politeness; 4.3 Spatial perspectives; 4.4 Empathetic perspectives and self-objectification; 4.4.1 Pragmatic depreciation and person shift; 4.4.2 Self-objectification and pragmatic depreciation of temae 'in front of hand'; 4.5 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 5. Diachrony of personal pronouns in functional and cross-linguistic perspectives; 5.1 Nominal sources; 5.2 Displacement of semantic features; 5.3 Demonstratives; 5.4 Reflexives |
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5.5 Grammaticalization and the emergence of personal pronouns5.5.1 Controversies surrounding grammaticalization and related phenomena; 5.5.2 What grammaticalization and the development of personal pronouns suggest about each other; 5.6 Summary and conclusion; Chapter 6. Conclusion; 6.1 Summary of the major findings; 6.2 Directions for future research; Appendix; References; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2019) |
| Subject |
Japanese language -- Pronoun
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
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Japanese language -- Pronoun
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018052295 |
| ISBN |
9027262810 |
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9789027262813 |
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