Exemplification and Categorization : : The Case of Japanese / / Alessandra Barotto.

The book aims to examine the relationship between exemplification and categorization, using linguistic data from Japanese to better understand how people create and communicate conceptual categories in real-life situations (cf. the notion of ad hoc categories). In the book, exemplification is define...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 359
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XVIII, 202 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Acknowledgements --
Contents --
List of Figures --
List of Tables --
List of Abbreviations --
1 Theoretical foundations: the notion of exemplification --
2 Data collection and parameters of analysis --
3 Exemplification of lexicalized categories --
4 Exemplification of non-lexicalized categories --
5 Exemplification beyond categorization --
6 Towards a unitary account of exemplification --
7 Conclusion and prospects --
References --
Index
Summary:The book aims to examine the relationship between exemplification and categorization, using linguistic data from Japanese to better understand how people create and communicate conceptual categories in real-life situations (cf. the notion of ad hoc categories). In the book, exemplification is defined in functional terms as a process through which a speaker signals that a given entity should be construed as representative of a larger category of similar entities. The status of example can thus be encoded by means of dedicated analytical markers that overtly signal the exemplifying relation (e.g. for example), but also by making explicit reference to the larger category from which the examples have been selected. Through a case-study on four Japanese exemplifying markers (ya, nado, tari, toka), this book aims to understand (i) how examples are used and encoded by speakers to make reference to conceptual categories, (ii) what types of categories speakers can create and communicate by means of exemplification, (iii) how the relationship between exemplification and categorization can be used by speakers to achieve specific discourse effects, such as vagueness and politeness.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110722130
9783110750720
9783110750706
9783110754001
9783110753776
9783110754117
9783110753882
ISSN:1861-4302 ;
DOI:10.1515/9783110722130
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Alessandra Barotto.