Pragmatic particles : findings from Asian languages
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Pragmatic particles : findings from Asian languages
（Bloomsbury studies in theoretical linguistics）
Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index
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Description
Pragmatic Particles sheds new light on the linguistic theory and application of Asian languages with a particular focus on the role of particles and their socio-pragmatic nature. Drawing on a range of data that spans Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Turkish and beyond, the multidimensionality of Asian languages is brought to attention. Particles are central in this discourse and their constructive, expressive and attitudinal behaviours are revealed to be neither arbitrary nor peripheral. By branching away from a predominantly Euro-centric discussion and covering the relevant formal and functional foundations of syntax and semantics, this book offers an alternative lens to the appropriate treatment of Asian languages in contemporary linguistics.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Modelling Flexible Word Orders
3. Efficiency Grammar
4. Multi-Dimensional Meanings
5. Socio-Pragmatic Meanings
6. Particles as a Meaning Complex
7. Pragmatic Syntax
8. Constructive Particles and Syntactic Fluidity
9. Expressive Particles and Socio-Pragmatic Complexity
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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