Animacy and reference [electronic resource] : a cognitive approach to corpus linguistics / Mutsumi Yamamoto.
By: Yamamoto, Mutsumi.
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BookSeries: Studies in language companion series: v. 46.Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c1999Description: xvi, 278 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy | Reference (Linguistics) | English language -- Animacy | Japanese language -- Animacy | English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese | Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- EnglishGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 415 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. What is 'Animacy'? -- Ch. 2. What Does Animacy Do to Human Language? -- Ch. 3. Hierarchy of Persons and Animacy in English and Japanese -- Ch. 4. Degree of Individuation and Encoding of Animacy -- Ch. 5. Agency and Animacy -- Ch. 6. A Neverending Story of Animacy -- Appendix. Lists of Human/Animate Noun Phrases in Corpus. Case Study 1. Yukio Mishima, Hyaku-man Yen Senbei ('One Million Yen Rice Cracker' or 'Three Million Yen'). Case Study 2. Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express. Case Study 3. Asahi Shinbun and Asahi Evening News. Case Study 4. Newsweek. Case Study 5. The Transactions of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and Systems and Computers in Japan. Case Study 6. Scientific American. Case Study 7. 'Tetsuko no Heya'. Case Study 8. Viewpoints.
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