Japanese discourse markers : synchronic and diachronic discourse analysis / / Noriko Onodera

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962418403321
• Autore: Onodera Noriko <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2004
• ISBN: 9786612160059; 9781282160057; 1282160052; 9789027294876; 9027294879
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 251 pages)
• Collana: Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 132
• Disciplina: 495.6/0141
• Soggetti: Japanese language - Discourse analysis; Japanese language - Conjunctions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Japanese Discourse Markers -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Transcription conventions -- Key to transcription conventions -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The problem -- 1.1.1. Historical approach -- 1.1.2. Phenomena to be investigated -- 1.1.3. Connection with typological features -- 1.1.4. Problems in diachronic analysis -- 1.1.5. Goals -- 1.2. Conceptual background: Definitions and assumption -- 1.2.1. Definitions -- 1.2.2. Assumption -- 1.3. Data and approach -- 1.3.1. Data -- 1.3.2. Approach for analysis -- 1.4. Sample analyses -- 1.4.1. Analysis of dakedo -- 1.4.2. Analysis of ne -- 1.5. Outline of this book -- 2. Perspectives on Japanese Discourse Markers -- 2.1. Discourse/pragmatic perspective -- 2.2. Historical perspective -- 2.3. Typological studies -- 2.4. Syntactic and semantic aspects of conjunctions (demo and dakedo) and interjections (ne and variants) -- 2.4.1. Syntactic and semantic aspects of conjunctions -- 2.4.2. Syntactic and semantic aspects of interjections -- 2.5. Summary -- 3. Functions of the conjunctions demo and dakedo in Present Day Japanese (synchronic analysis) -- 3.1. Use and distribution of demo and ; dakedo -- 3.2. Referential contrast and pragmatically inferable contrast -- 3.3. Functional contrast -- 3.3.1. Functional contrast marked by dakedo and kedo -- 3.3.2. Another example of functional contrast -- 3.4. Contrastive actions -- 3.4.1. Point-making device -- 3.4.2. Claiming the floor -- 3.4.3. Opening the conversation -- 3.4.4. Changing the topic -- 3.5. Demo and dakedo: Markers of contrast -- 4. Pragmaticalization of demo and dakedo (diachronic analysis) -- 4.1. Pragmaticalization of demo -- 4.1.1. Clause-final V-te + mo -- 4.1.2. Demo as a discourse marker -- 4.2. Pragmaticalization of dakedo -- 4.2.1. Clause-final V + kedo.; 4.2.2. Dakedo as a discourse marker -- 4.3. Pragmaticalization: Evolution of demo and dakedo as discourse markers -- 4.4. Motivation for the pragmaticalization of demo and dakedo -- 4.4.1. The grammatical process leading to the adoption of demo and dakedo as initial markers -- 4.4.2. The discourse process leading to the adoption of demo 0.9cm and dakedo as markers -- 5. Functions of the interjections ne and na in Present Day Japanese (synchronic analysis) -- 5.1. Harmony: The ultimate goal in Japanese conversation -- 5.2. Agreement (affirmative response) -- 5.2.1. Agreement -- 5.2.2. Back channels -- 5.3. Call attention (cataphoric) -- 5.3.1. Before new information -- 5.4. Call attention (anaphoric) -- 5.4.1. Reinforcement -- 5.5. Call attention (anaphoric and cataphoric) -- 5.5.1. Summons -- 5.5.2. Linking prior and upcoming information -- 5.6. Marker of rapport -- 5.7. Fillers -- 5.8. Atmosphere sustainer -- 5.9. Ne(e) and na(a): Markers of involvement -- 5.9.1. Involvement -- 5.9.2. Ne(e)/na(a) as markers of involvement -- 5.9.3. Metamessage level of interaction -- 6. Pragmaticalization of ne and na (diachronic analysis) -- 6.1. Na elements in sentence-final position -- 6.2. Na elements in sentence-internal position -- 6.3. Na elements in initial position (as interjections and discourse markers) -- 6.4. Pragmaticalization: Evolution of na elements as discourse markers -- 6.4.1. Functional change relating to Traugott's hypothesis -- 6.4.2. Subjectification and intersubjectification: From ideational 0.9cm to interpersonal meanings -- 6.5. Some thoughts on motivation for the pragmaticalization of na elements -- 7. Conclusion -- 7.1. Summary of this study -- 7.2. Grammaticalization -- 7.2.1. Development of discourse markers: A case of grammaticalization -- 7.2.2. Demo and na elements: Grammaticalization or not? -- 7.3. Relevance of findings.; 7.3.1. Relevance to typological characteristics -- 7.3.2. Productivity -- 7.3.3. Conventionalization of conversational implicatures -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- References -- Text references -- Name index -- Subject index -- The Pragmatics &amp -- Beyond New Series.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is one of the pioneering historical pragmatic studies of Japanese. It closely illustrates the usage and contributions of some Japanese discourse markers, and reveals their developmental history. The section on Synchronic Analysis explores the previously uninvestigated functions of some discourse markers used in Present Day Japanese. Moment by moment in on-going conversations, where culturally rigidly-defined interactional norms are highly valued, a specific marker is chosen and used by the speakers as their strategy, based on their quite subjective judgment. The section on Diachronic Analysis then demonstrates chronologically how the meanings and forms of the same markers have come into being. Results include some noticeable changes related to the strengthened intersubjectivity. This multi-dimensional study also discusses the relevance of findings to typological characteristics and productivity. Consideration is further given to why certain expressions (rather than others) become discourse ; markers and independent forms in Japanese.

The Decline of Marriage in Namibia : Kinship and Social Class in a Rural Community / Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910831854403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2019
• ISBN: 9783839443033; 3839443032
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Collana: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• Disciplina: 390
• Soggetti: Marriage; Namibia; Elites; Consumption; Kinship; Class; Family; Social Inequality; Postcolonialism; Ethnology; African History; Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter 1 Content 5 List of tables 7 List of figures 8 Acknowledgements 9 Introduction 15 Fransfontein fieldwork 47 History through biography 73 Postapartheid livelihoods 99 Contemporary Fransfontein marriages 127 From decline to distinction 167 Forming families 199 Intimacy outside marriage 227 Conclusion 257 Reference list 267
• Sommario/riassunto: In Southern Africa, marriage used to be widespread and common. ; However, over the past decades marriage rates have declined significantly. Julia Pauli explores the meaning of marriage when only few marry. Although marriage rates have dropped sharply, the value of weddings and marriages has not. To marry has become an indicator of upper-class status that less affluent people aspire to. Using the appropriation of marriage by a rural Namibian elite as a case study, the book tells the entwined stories of class formation and marriage decline in post-apartheid Namibia.; Besprochen in:Africa Spectrum, 55/1 (2020), Lena KroekerJournal of Namibian Studies, 28 (2020), Henning Melber; »With its balanced discussion of the regional literature the monograph is a good read for social scientists doing research in the Southern African region and of value to anyone researching gender and family relations. In addition, it is an inspiration for anyone interested in class relationsin Africa.«; »It is an intricate analysis of how transformations in Namibian marriage practices have been framed and structured by dramatic political and economic changes in the twentieth century, and thus how the vantage point ofmarriage is a productive tool from which to study how personal experiences reflect larger social shifts.«; »This monograph provides a superb ethnography and a fruitful resource for understanding most of the core issues that revolve around marriage and the lack thereof in a Namibian community. It has much value as an anthropological study that indicates how new consumption patterns affect ›traditional institutions‹.«; »This is a rich and valuable study, offering a nuanced and historically sensitive approach to an important question.«; »This is a rich and valuable study, of-fering anuanced and historically sensitive ap-proach to an important question.«; »This monograph provides a superb ethnography and a fruitful resource for understanding most of the core issues that revolve around marriage and the lack thereof in a Namibian community. It has much value as an anthropological study that indicates how new consumption patterns affect traditional institutions.«