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Discourse Modality

Discourse Modality

Hardcover

Series: Pragmatics & Beyond, Book 24

Japanese

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ISBN10: 9027250367
ISBN13: 9789027250360
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
Published: Apr 21 1993
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.16 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
The emotional aspects of language have so far not received the attention they deserve. This study focuses on nonpropositional, i.e. expressive and interactional meanings of Japanese signs, with special emphasis on understanding their cognitive, psychological and social meanings. It shows how the Japanese language is richly endowed to express personal voice and emotive nuances, and confronts the theoretical issues related to this. The author proposes a new theoretical framework for Discourse Modality, a primary concern for Japanese speakers, to analyze the 'expressiveness' of language.

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