Japanese Mood and Modality in Systemic Functional Linguistics
Theory and Application
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This book is a cross-linguistic and interdisciplinary exploration of modality within systemic functional linguistics (SFL). Drawing upon the broad SFL notion of modality that refers to the intermediate degrees between the positive and negative poles, the individual papers probe into the modality systems in English and Japanese. The papers cover issues such as the conceptual nature of modality in both languages, the characterization of modulation in Japanese, the trans-grammatical aspects of modality in relation to mood and grammatical metaphor in both languages, and the modality uses and pragmatic impairment by individuals with a developmental disorder from a neurocognitive perspective.
The book demonstrates a functional account of Japanese within an SFL model of language with a fresh perspective to Japanese linguistics. It also refers to cross-linguistic issues concerning how the principles and theories of SFL serve to empirically elaborate descriptions of individual languages, which will lead to the enrichment of the theory and practice of linguistics and beyond.
[Not in series, 234] 2021. v, 179 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 26 February 2021
Published online on 26 February 2021
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1. IntroductionKen-Ichi Kadooka | pp. 1–6
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Chapter 2. The system of modulation in JapaneseRyuichi Iimura | pp. 7–50
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Chapter 3. Grammatical metaphor of Transitivity, Mood and Modality in Japanese: A functional perspectiveKazuo Fukuda | pp. 51–100
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Chapter 4. A contrastive study of the English and Japanese modality systemsKen-Ichi Kadooka | pp. 101–132
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Chapter 5. The cognitive and linguistic reasoning process of the speaker’s choice of modal expressions: Modality from the perspective of pragmatic impairmentSumi Kato | pp. 133–176
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Index | pp. 177–179
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax