{"product_id":"diachrony-of-personal-pronouns-in-japanese-current-issues-in-linguistic-theory","title":"Diachrony of Personal Pronouns in Japanese (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Diachrony of Personal Pronouns in Japanese (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) (Hardcover, 183 pages) – John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2019. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n Personal pronouns in Japanese form a heterogeneous category. This book investigates their historical development from a functional perspective. It shows that while nouns give rise to personal pronouns through semanticization of pragmatic inferences, the use of non-nominal forms such as demonstratives and reflexives for person referents can be resolved within their original functions, offering little reason to treat them as personal pronouns. The cross-linguistic investigation into the common sources of personal pronouns reveals that the development of personal pronouns from nouns is largely consistent with grammaticalization, but that of forms of non-nominal origins requires separate mechanisms such as spatial\/empathetic perspectives and displacement of semantic features for politeness, showing that a one-size-fits-all approach to diachrony of personal pronouns is not sufficient. This book will be of special interest to researchers and students in historical linguistics, pragmatics, and Japanese linguistics, who take a functional view of language.  ","brand":"Osamu Ishiyama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46070170419434,"sku":"9789027202376","price":139.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61_ZL6ptIAL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781246871","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/diachrony-of-personal-pronouns-in-japanese-current-issues-in-linguistic-theory","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}