Evidentiality and epistemological stance : narrative retelling /
This book explores the discourse pragmatics of reportive evidentiality in Macedonian, Japanese and English through an empirical study of evidential strategies in narrative retelling. The patterns of evidential use (and non-use) found in these languages are attributed to contextual, cultural and gram...
| Основен автор: | Mushin, Ilana. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
℗♭2001.
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| Серия: |
Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser. 87. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253377 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Evidentiality and epistemological stance. |
| Резюме: |
This book explores the discourse pragmatics of reportive evidentiality in Macedonian, Japanese and English through an empirical study of evidential strategies in narrative retelling. The patterns of evidential use (and non-use) found in these languages are attributed to contextual, cultural and grammatical factors that motivate the adoption of an 'epistemological stance' -- a concept that owes much to recent trends in Cognitive Linguistics. The patterns of evidential strategies found in the three languages provide a fine illustration of the balancing act between speakers' expressions of their. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789027298126 9027298122 9781588110336 1588110338 9789027251060 9027251061 1282162462 9781282162464 |
| ISSN: |
0922-842X ; |