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Animacy and reference a cognitive approach to corpus linguistics
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Animacy and reference [electronic resource] : a cognitive approach to corpus linguistics / Mutsumi Yamamoto.
ISBN
1556199325 (alk. paper)
Published
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c1999.
Physical Description
xvi, 278 p. ; 23 cm.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2002. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 07, 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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