Agency and impersonality : their linguistic and cultural manifestations /
In this monograph the author probes the fundamental nature of the concept of agency and its importance to human language and cognition. Whereas previous studies focused on grammatical manifestations this original work addresses such issues as the strong relationship between agency and responsibility...
| Основен автор: | Yamamoto, Mutsumi, 1942- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
℗♭2006.
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| Серия: |
Studies in language companion series ;
v. 78. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=229660 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Agency and impersonality. |
| Резюме: |
In this monograph the author probes the fundamental nature of the concept of agency and its importance to human language and cognition. Whereas previous studies focused on grammatical manifestations this original work addresses such issues as the strong relationship between agency and responsibility, a philosophical interpretation of the concept of agency and a variety of epistemic attitudes towards agency that strongly influence our view of the world. Different cultures and languages process and express agency differently. To illustrate the co-relation between the linguistic expressions of ag. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 151 pages) : illustrations. |
| Формат: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9027230889 9789027230881 9789027293282 9027293287 |
| ISSN: |
0165-7763 ; |