Discursive practices and linguistic meanings : the Vietnamese system of person reference /

This is a theoretically oriented study of the pragmatics of Vietnamese person reference (kinship terms, personal pronouns, naming set and status terms). Drawing upon linguistic data from a radically different non-Western society and the seminal insights of Volosinov, Bakhtin, and Leach, it offers a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luong, Hy V
Format: Book
Language:English
Vietnamese
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : 1990
Series:Pragmatics & beyond, new ser. 11
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 11
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Table of Contents:
  • DISCURSIVE PRACTICES AND LINGUISTIC MEANINGS THE VIETNAMESE SYSTEM OF PERSON REFERENCE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; 1. REPRESENTATION, CHOICE, AND LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION; 2. "BROTHER" AND "UNCLE": NATIVE MODELS AND THE MEANINGS OF VIETNAMESE KINSHIP TERMS; 3. VIETNAMESE PROPER NOUNS: STRUCTURE, PRACTICE, AND POLITICS; 4. PERSONAL PRONOUNS; 5. NATIVE MODELS, STRUCTURAL OPPOSITIONS, AND DISCURSIVE PRACTICES; APPENDIX 1: GENEALOGICAL REFERENTS AND REFERENTIAL PERSPECTIVES IN VIETNAMESE KIN TERM USAGES