Territory of Information.
Title:
Territory of Information.
Author:
Kamio, Akio.
ISBN:
9789027282637
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Series:
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Contents:
TERRITORY OF INFORMATION -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. The Theory of Territory of Information -- 2.1. Some Preliminary Observations -- 2.2. Initial Evidence from English -- 2.3. Evidence from Japanese -- 2.4. A Formalization of the Theory -- 2.4.1. Basic Assumptions -- 2.4.2. The System of the Theory of Territory of Information -- 2.4.3. Case A -- 2.4.4. Case B -- 2.4.5. Case BC -- 2.4.6. Case CB -- 2.4.7. Case C -- 2.4.8. CaseD -- 2.5. A Major Consequence of the Theory -- 2.6. Some Further Properties of Territory of Information -- CHAPTER 3. Territory of Information in Japanese -- 3.1. The Theory for Japanese -- 3.1.1. The System of the Theory -- 3.1.2. Case A -- 3.1.3. Case B -- 3.1.4. Case BC -- 3.1.5. Case CB -- 3.1.6. Case C -- 3.1.7. Case D -- 3.2. Some Major Features of the Theory in Japanese -- CHAPTER 4. Some Sentential PhenomenaandTerritory of Information -- 4.1. English Psychological Utterances -- 4.2. Japanese Psychological Utterances -- 4.3. Territory of Information in Chinese -- 4.3.1. Chinese Degree Adverbials -- 4.3.2. Toward the Theory of Territory of Information in Chinese -- 4.4. English Performative Utterances -- 4.5. Japanese Performative Utterances -- 4.6. The English Cleft Construction -- 4.7. The Japanese Cleft Construction -- 4.8. Other Constructions and Territory of Information -- CHAPTER 5. Territory of Information in Phrases and Lexical Items -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. English Picture Noun Reflexives -- 5.3. This and That: Some Preliminaries -- 5.3.1. This and Thai in Their Ostensive Use -- 5.3.2. This and That in Their Anaphoric Use -- 5.4. Japanese Demonstratives: Some Preliminaries -- 5.4.1. Japanese Demonstratives in Their Ostensive Use -- 5.4.2. Japanesé Demonstratives in Their Anaphoric Use.
5.5. The Structure of English and Japanese Demonstratives -- 5.6. Demonstratives and Cases A, B, C, and D -- 5.7. Japanese Kuru and Iku as Auxiliaries -- 5.8. Japanese Siru and Wakaru (Lee 1985) -- CHAPTER 6. Territory of Information in Discourse -- 6.1. Forms of Utterance in Adjacency Pairs -- 6.2. Evidentiality and Some Discourse Characteristics in Japanese -- 6.3. Japanese Response Expressions and Territory (Nakazono 1992) -- CHAPTER 7. Some Relevant Theories and Major Implications -- 7.1. Comparative Studies -- 7.2. Discourse Analysis -- 7.3. Kuno's Theory of Empathy -- 7.3.1. Kuno 's Theory of Empathy -- 7.3.2. The Relationship between Kuno's Theory and Ours -- 7.3.3. Interactions between Kuno's Theory and Ours -- 7.3.4. Pure Empathy Verbs -- 7.4. Evidentiality and the Territory of Information -- 7.4.1. The Notion of 'Evidence' -- 7.4.2. The Maxim of Quality -- 7.4.3. Turkish Evidentials -- 7.4.4. Lhasa Tibetan Evidentiality -- 7.4.5. Korean Epistemic Mo dais -- 7.4.6. Evidentials in Other Languages -- 7.4.7. A Larger Implication -- 7.5. Politeness and the Territory of Information -- 7.6. Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
Abstract:
Most higher animals are said to be territorial, as a huge amount of work in ethology has made it clear. Human beings are no exceptions. They tend to occupy a certain space around them where they claim their own presence and exclude others quite naturally. If territory is so prevalent among higher animals including humans, then isn't it possible to observe its manifestations in aspects of human language?Territory of Information starts from this fundamental question and attempts to demonstrate the key function of the concept of territory in the informational structure and syntax of natural language. It offers an analysis of English, Japanese, and Chinese in terms of territory and shows its fundamental importance in the interface of information and syntax in these languages. Moreover, it argues that the concept of territory plays a major role in the evidentiality of a number of languages and in the linguistic structure of politeness. It also makes much reference to discourse and conversational analysis. Thus, this is a book which might interest readers concerned with pragmatics in general, the relationship between informational structure and syntax, evidentiality, politeness, discourse analysis, and conversational analysis.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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