| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 544 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 155 |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 155. 1861-4302
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| Contents |
Prolegomena -- The linguistic structure of narrative transmission -- Linguistics in narratology : a critical historical survey -- The narrating stance as locutionary subjectivity -- The temporal-perspectival organization of discourse -- Tense -- Aspect -- Aktionsart -- The effects of Aktionsart on narrative transmission |
| Summary |
This book straddles the border between linguistics and philosophy to address, on a sound interdisciplinary basis, the narrative-theoretical issue of proximal vs. distal stance adoption. In languages with no grammaticalized evidential systems, the epistemological structure of discourse underlying perspectival oppositions is heavily dependent on the self-expression of language-using personae and must thereby be inferred from a well-defined set of surface markers. For that matter, the book provides an in-depth formal semantic account of tense, aspect and Aktionsart, supported by the cognitive pro |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-518) and indexes |
| 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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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004021948 |
| ISBN |
9783110899627 |
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3110899620 |
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