Evidentiality and epistemological stance : narrative retelling / Ilana Mushin.

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Mushin, Ilana

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 87.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2001.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789027298126
9027298122
9781588110336
1588110338
9789027251060
9027251061
1282162462
9781282162464

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evidentiality and epistemological stance.DDC classification:

401/.41 21

LOC classification:

P302.7 .M85 2001eb

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Contents:

Evidentiality and Epistemological Stance; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Evidentiality; Chapter 3: Epistemological stance; Chapter 4: Epistemological stance adoption in narrative retelling; Chapter 5: Reportive epistemological stance realisation in Macedonian, Japanese and English; Chapter 6: Reportive strategies in narrative retelling; Chapter 7: Deviations from a reportive epistemological stance; Notes; References; Appendix A; Appendix B; Language index; Name index.

Summary: This book explores the discourse pragmatics of reportive evidentiality in Macedonian, Japanese and English through an empirical study of evidential strategies in narrative retelling. The patterns of evidential use (and non-use) found in these languages are attributed to contextual, cultural and grammatical factors that motivate the adoption of an 'epistemological stance' -- a concept that owes much to recent trends in Cognitive Linguistics. The patterns of evidential strategies found in the three languages provide a fine illustration of the balancing act between speakers' expressions of their.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and indexes.

This book explores the discourse pragmatics of reportive evidentiality in Macedonian, Japanese and English through an empirical study of evidential strategies in narrative retelling. The patterns of evidential use (and non-use) found in these languages are attributed to contextual, cultural and grammatical factors that motivate the adoption of an 'epistemological stance' -- a concept that owes much to recent trends in Cognitive Linguistics. The patterns of evidential strategies found in the three languages provide a fine illustration of the balancing act between speakers' expressions of their.

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