04184nam 22008533u 450 991078253000332120230422045529.01-282-16299-3978661216299290-272-9876-9(CKB)1000000000579102(EBL)622229(OCoLC)665835070(SSID)ssj0000276899(PQKBManifestationID)11237842(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276899(PQKBWorkID)10226508(PQKB)11585315(MiAaPQ)EBC622229(EXLCZ)99100000000057910220130729d1999|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnimacy and Reference[electronic resource] A cognitive approach to corpus linguisticsAmsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company19991 online resource (299 p.)Studies in Language Companion SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-55619-932-5 90-272-3049-8 ANIMACY AND REFERENCE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. What is 'Animacy'?; CHAPTER 2. What Does Animacy Do to Human Language?; CHAPTER 3. Hierarchy of Persons and Animacy in English and Japanese: With Reference to the Distinction between Singularity an; CHAPTER 4. Degree of Individuation and Encoding of Animacy; CHAPTER 5. Agency and Animacy: Their Expression and Suppression; CHAPTER 6. A Neverending Story of Animacy: Some Achievements, Further Prospects and Implications; ReferencesAppendix: Lists of Human/Animate Noun Phrases in CorpusIndex; STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS)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 rStudies in Language Companion SeriesEnglish language -- AnimacyEnglish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- JapaneseGrammar, Comparative and general -- AnimacyJapanese language -- AnimacyJapanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- EnglishReference (Linguistics)Grammar, Comparative and generalAnimacyReference (Linguistics)AnimacyEnglish languageAnimacyJapanese languageGrammar, ComparativeJapaneseEnglish languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglishJapanese languagePhilology & LinguisticsHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCEnglish language -- Animacy.English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese.Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy.Japanese language -- Animacy.Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English.Reference (Linguistics).Grammar, Comparative and generalAnimacyReference (Linguistics)AnimacyEnglish languageAnimacyJapanese languageGrammar, ComparativeJapaneseEnglish languageGrammar, ComparativeEnglishJapanese languagePhilology & LinguisticsLanguages & Literatures415Yamamoto Mutsumi673584AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910782530003321Animacy and reference1273663UNINA