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Expressing the self : cultural diversity and cognitive universals / Edited by Minyao Huang and Kasia M. Jaszczolt.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2018.Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0198786654
  • 9780198786658
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44 23
LOC classification:
  • P99.4.P72.E98 2018
Contents:
CONTENTS 1. Introduction: The self in language, in thought, and en route in-between / Kasia M. Jaszczolt -- Part I. The self across languages 2. 'Me', 'us', and 'others' : expressing the self in Arawak languages of South America, with a focus on Tariana / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- 3. The proper treatment of egophoricity in Kathmandu Newari / Elizabeth Coppock and Stephen Wechsler -- 4. Self-referring in Korean, with reference to Korean first-person markers / Hye-Kyung Lee -- 5. Expressing the self in Japanese : indexical expressions in the service of indexical thoughts / Rodanthi Christofaki -- 6. De se marking, logophoricity, and ziji / Hsiang-Yun Chen -- 7. Charting the speaker-relatedness of impersonal pronouns : constrastive evidence from English, French, and Thai / Minyao Huang, Jiranthara Srioutai, and Mélanie Gréaux -- Part II. Self-awareness and self-expression 8. Expressing the selves : subject splits and viewpoint hierarchies in multiple-perspective constructions / Sonja Zeman -- 9. Referential variability of generic 'one' / Minyao Huang -- 10. Expressing the self : from types of de se to speech-act types / Kasia M. Jaszczolt and Maciej Witek -- Part III.De se thoughts and indexicality 11. The incremental self / John Perry -- 12. On the essentiality of thoughts (and reference) / Eros Corazza -- 13. Pragmatic indexicals / Kasia M. Jaszczolt.
Summary: The book addresses different linguistic and philosophical aspects of referring to the self in a wide range of languages from different language families. It offers an interdisciplinary understanding of expressing the self that comprises philosophy of mind at one end of the spectrum and cross-cultural pragmatics of self-expression at the other.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and indexes.

CONTENTS
1. Introduction: The self in language, in thought, and en route in-between / Kasia M. Jaszczolt --
Part I. The self across languages
2. 'Me', 'us', and 'others' : expressing the self in Arawak languages of South America, with a focus on Tariana / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald --
3. The proper treatment of egophoricity in Kathmandu Newari / Elizabeth Coppock and Stephen Wechsler --
4. Self-referring in Korean, with reference to Korean first-person markers / Hye-Kyung Lee --
5. Expressing the self in Japanese : indexical expressions in the service of indexical thoughts / Rodanthi Christofaki --
6. De se marking, logophoricity, and ziji / Hsiang-Yun Chen --
7. Charting the speaker-relatedness of impersonal pronouns : constrastive evidence from English, French, and Thai / Minyao Huang, Jiranthara Srioutai, and Mélanie Gréaux --
Part II. Self-awareness and self-expression
8. Expressing the selves : subject splits and viewpoint hierarchies in multiple-perspective constructions / Sonja Zeman --
9. Referential variability of generic 'one' / Minyao Huang --
10. Expressing the self : from types of de se to speech-act types / Kasia M. Jaszczolt and Maciej Witek --
Part III.De se thoughts and indexicality
11. The incremental self / John Perry --
12. On the essentiality of thoughts (and reference) / Eros Corazza --
13. Pragmatic indexicals / Kasia M. Jaszczolt.

The book addresses different linguistic and philosophical aspects of referring to the self in a wide range of languages from different language families. It offers an interdisciplinary understanding of expressing the self that comprises philosophy of mind at one end of the spectrum and cross-cultural pragmatics of self-expression at the other.

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