142006633 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code P&bns 126 Eb 15 9789027295194 06 10.1075/pbns.126 00 EA E107 10 01 JB code P&bns 02 0922-842X 02 126.00 01 02 Pragmatics & Beyond New Series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 11 01 JB code jbe-all 01 02  EBA collection (ca. 4,100 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-all 01 02 Complete backlist (3208 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Complete backlist (1967–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-pbns 01 02 Pragmatics & Beyond New Series (vols. 1–259 1988–2015) 05 02 P&bns (vols. 1–259, 1988–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-linguistics 01 02 Subject collection: Linguistics (2773 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Linguistics (1967–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-pragmatics 01 02 Subject collection: Pragmatics (804 titles, 1978–2015) 05 02 Pragmatics (1978–2015) 01 01 Spatial Demonstratives in English and Chinese Text and Cognition Spatial Demonstratives in English and Chinese: Text and Cognition 1 A01 01 JB code 2996 Yi’an Wu Wu, Yi’an Yi’an Wu Beijing Foreign Studies University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/2996 01 eng 11 254 03 03 xviii 03 00 236 03 03 P299 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Demonstratives 04 Language and languages--Cross-cultural studies 04 Chinese language--Demonstratives 04 English language--Demonstratives 10 LAN009000 12 CF 24 JB code LIN.COGPSY Cognitive linguistics 24 JB code LIN.ENG English linguistics 24 JB code LIN.GERM Germanic linguistics 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SITIB Sino-Tibetan languages 01 06 03 00 As a subject of universal appeal, spatial demonstratives have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplines. What marks the present study as distinct is that it is an English-Chinese comparative study set in a cognitive-linguistic framework and that the methodology features a parallel corpora-based, discourse analysis approach. The framework illuminates the nature of the demonstratives’ basic and extended meaning and use, the connections between them, and the mechanisms that govern and constrain their trends of extension. The corpora place the English and Chinese demonstratives in comparable discourse contexts and processes, providing an “ecological” environment for the observation of how their behavior fits into the respective structural and discourse systems of the two languages. The study also illuminates important issues such as the subjectivity of language, language as a representational system and a vehicle of communication, the interface between form and function, and the role of context in discourse comprehension. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/pbns.126.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027253699.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027253699.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/pbns.126.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/pbns.126.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/pbns.126.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/pbns.126.hb.png 01 01 JB code pbns.126.01pre 06 10.1075/pbns.126.01pre ix Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Preface Preface 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.02int 06 10.1075/pbns.126.02int xi Miscellaneous 2 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.03ack 06 10.1075/pbns.126.03ack xiii Miscellaneous 3 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.04lis 06 10.1075/pbns.126.04lis xv Miscellaneous 4 01 04 List of tables List of tables 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.05the 06 10.1075/pbns.126.05the xvi Miscellaneous 5 01 04 The figure The figure 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.06con 06 10.1075/pbns.126.06con xvii Miscellaneous 6 01 04 Conventions and abbreviations Conventions and abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.07int 06 10.1075/pbns.126.07int 1 Chapter 7 01 04 1. Introduction 1. Introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.08the 06 10.1075/pbns.126.08the 27 Miscellaneous 8 01 04 2. The nature of the spatial demonstratives 2. The nature of the spatial demonstratives 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.09spa 06 10.1075/pbns.126.09spa 59 Chapter 9 01 04 3. Spatial demonstratives in real space 3. Spatial demonstratives in real space 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.10spa 06 10.1075/pbns.126.10spa 77 Chapter 10 01 04 4. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Similar trends of extension 4. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Similar trends of extension 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.11spa 06 10.1075/pbns.126.11spa 141 Chapter 11 01 04 5. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Structural constraints on the similar trends of extension 5. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Structural constraints on the similar trends of extension 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.12con 06 10.1075/pbns.126.12con 201 Miscellaneous 12 01 04 Concluding remarks Concluding remarks 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.13not 06 10.1075/pbns.126.13not 205 Miscellaneous 13 01 04 Notes Notes 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.14ref 06 10.1075/pbns.126.14ref 211 Miscellaneous 14 01 04 References References 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.15app 06 10.1075/pbns.126.15app 225 Miscellaneous 15 01 04 Appendix Appendix 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.126.16ind 06 10.1075/pbns.126.16ind 229 Miscellaneous 16 01 04 Index Index 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.126 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20040930 C 2004 John Benjamins Publishing Company 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027253699 WORLD 09 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 https://jbe-platform.com 29 https://jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027295194 21 01 00 Unqualified price 02 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 02 83.00 GBP GB 01 00 Unqualified price 02 149.00 USD 230013691 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code P&bns 126 GE 15 9789027295194 06 10.1075/pbns.126 00 EA E133 10 01 JB code P&bns 02 JB code 0922-842X 02 126.00 01 02 Pragmatics & Beyond New Series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 01 01 Spatial Demonstratives in English and Chinese Spatial Demonstratives in English and Chinese 1 A01 01 JB code 2996 Yi’an Wu Wu, Yi’an Yi’an Wu Beijing Foreign Studies University 01 eng 11 254 03 03 xviii 03 00 236 03 24 JB code LIN.COGPSY Cognitive linguistics 24 JB code LIN.ENG English linguistics 24 JB code LIN.GERM Germanic linguistics 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SITIB Sino-Tibetan languages 10 LAN009000 12 CF 01 06 03 00 As a subject of universal appeal, spatial demonstratives have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplines. What marks the present study as distinct is that it is an English-Chinese comparative study set in a cognitive-linguistic framework and that the methodology features a parallel corpora-based, discourse analysis approach. The framework illuminates the nature of the demonstratives’ basic and extended meaning and use, the connections between them, and the mechanisms that govern and constrain their trends of extension. The corpora place the English and Chinese demonstratives in comparable discourse contexts and processes, providing an “ecological” environment for the observation of how their behavior fits into the respective structural and discourse systems of the two languages. The study also illuminates important issues such as the subjectivity of language, language as a representational system and a vehicle of communication, the interface between form and function, and the role of context in discourse comprehension. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/pbns.126.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027253699.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027253699.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/pbns.126.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/pbns.126.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/pbns.126.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/pbns.126.hb.png 01 01 JB code pbns.126.01pre 06 10.1075/pbns.126.01pre ix Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Preface Preface 01 01 JB code pbns.126.02int 06 10.1075/pbns.126.02int xi Miscellaneous 2 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 01 JB code pbns.126.03ack 06 10.1075/pbns.126.03ack xiii Miscellaneous 3 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 01 JB code pbns.126.04lis 06 10.1075/pbns.126.04lis xv Miscellaneous 4 01 04 List of tables List of tables 01 01 JB code pbns.126.05the 06 10.1075/pbns.126.05the xvi Miscellaneous 5 01 04 The figure The figure 01 01 JB code pbns.126.06con 06 10.1075/pbns.126.06con xvii Miscellaneous 6 01 04 Conventions and abbreviations Conventions and abbreviations 01 01 JB code pbns.126.07int 06 10.1075/pbns.126.07int 1 Chapter 7 01 04 1. Introduction 1. Introduction 01 01 JB code pbns.126.08the 06 10.1075/pbns.126.08the 27 Miscellaneous 8 01 04 2. The nature of the spatial demonstratives 2. The nature of the spatial demonstratives 01 01 JB code pbns.126.09spa 06 10.1075/pbns.126.09spa 59 Chapter 9 01 04 3. Spatial demonstratives in real space 3. Spatial demonstratives in real space 01 01 JB code pbns.126.10spa 06 10.1075/pbns.126.10spa 77 Chapter 10 01 04 4. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Similar trends of extension 4. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Similar trends of extension 01 01 JB code pbns.126.11spa 06 10.1075/pbns.126.11spa 141 Chapter 11 01 04 5. Spatial demonstratives in displaced contexts: Structural constraints on the similar trends of extension 5. 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