Overview

In this text on emotives in the Japanese language, Senko examines linguistic signs and strategies on varied levels, for example lexicon, syntax and text, including those signs that have not been traditionally identified as emotives. He takes the position that although some linguistic signs and strategies may seem to carry the propositonal meaning alone, they always express, in varying degrees, emotive meanings as well. By concentrating on seemingly emotionless signs, a stronger case is made that emotivity is pervasive in all aspects of language. Senko identifies and analyses a number of emotives in contemporary Japanese discourse to illustrate how rich and critical linguistic emotivity is in language and its use.

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Author:   Senko K. Maynard (Rutgers University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   97
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9789027251176

ISBN 10:   9027251177
Pages:   481
Publication Date:   26 July 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface and ackowledgments; 2. Part 1. Preliminaries; 3. 1. Introduction: Language, emotivity, and pathos; 4. 2. Background: Emotion, expressive function, and culture; 5. Part 2. Theory; 6. 3. The Place of Negotiation theory; 7. 4. The (re-)turn to place; 8. 5. Locating and interpreting emotive meanings; 9. 6. Topic-comment, futaku, and the Rhetoric of Pathos; 10. Part 3. Emotive topics; 11. 7. Vocatives and topics; 12. 8. Emotive nominals; 13. 9. Quotative topics; 14. 10. Emotive nan(i) 'what'; 15. Part 4. Emotive comments; 16. 11. Da and ja-nai as commentary strategies; 17. 12. Interrogatives as emotive comments; 18. 13. Commenting through stylistic shifts; 19. Part 5. Pathos in Japanese discourse; 20. 14. Analyzing expressions of pathos in Oda Nobunaga; 21. 15. Rhetoric of Pathos in Mini-Jihyoo newspaper articles; 22. 16. Playing with pathos: Presentation and negotiation of selves in Long Vacation; 23. Part 6. Reflections; 24. 17. Linguistic emotivity and the culture of pathos; 25. 18. Language, linguistic theory, and ideology; 26. Appendix: Information on select data; 27. Notes; 28. References; 29. Data references; 30. Author index; 31. Subject index

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Linguistic Emotivity makes a valuable contribution to the project of shifting the focus in modern linguistics from a narrow conception of language to one that is more inclusive. -- Joanne Scheibman, Old Dominion University, USA, in Functions of Language Vol. 13:1 (2006)

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