| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 151 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 78 |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 78. 0165-7763
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| Contents |
Introduction -- What is agency? -- Linguistic treatment of agency and its manifestations in Japanese and English -- Agency, impersonality and world-view -- Some enigmas concerning agency, impersonality and ̀reality' |
| Summary |
In this monograph the author probes the fundamental nature of the concept of agency and its importance to human language and cognition. Whereas previous studies focused on grammatical manifestations this original work addresses such issues as the strong relationship between agency and responsibility, a philosophical interpretation of the concept of agency and a variety of epistemic attitudes towards agency that strongly influence our view of the world. Different cultures and languages process and express agency differently. To illustrate the co-relation between the linguistic expressions of ag |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agent nouns.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subjectless constructions.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agent nouns
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Animacy
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subjectless constructions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9027230889 |
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9789027230881 |
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9789027293282 |
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9027293287 |
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1282155407 |
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9781282155404 |
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9786612155406 |
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661215540X |
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