Viewpoint and the Fabric of Meaning: Form and Use of Viewpoint Tools across Languages and Modalities (Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR], 55)

This volume explores the cross-linguistic diversity, and possibly inconsistency, of the span of linguistic means that signal reported speech and thought. The integration of broad linguistic (viewpoint in conversation and narrative) and cognitive (theory of mind and understanding the inner life and thought of others) strategies for handling mixed points of view will be considered. List Of Contributors -- Introduction : On Tools For Weaving Meaning Out Of Viewpoint Threads / Arie Verhagen -- The Ubiquity Of Viewpoint -- Discourse Viewpoint As Network / Barbara Dancygier And Lieven Vandelanotte -- Mixed Viewpoints And The Quotative-reportive Cline In German : Reported Speech And Reportive Evidentiality / Jeroen Vanderbiesen -- Viewpoint Fusion For Realism Enhancement In Ainu And Japanese Narratives / Katsunobu Izutsu And Mitsuko Narita Izutsu -- The Socio-cognitive Foundation Of Danish Perspective-mixing Dialogue Particles / Elisabeth Engberg-pedersen And Ditte Boegthomsen -- Across Languages -- Blended Viewpoints, Mediated Witnesses : A Cognitive Linguistic Approach To News Narratives / Kobie Van Krieken, José Sanders, Hans Hoeken -- Shifting Viewpoints : How Does That Actually Work Across Languages? An Exercise In Parallel Text Analysis / Wei-lun Lu And Arie Verhagen -- Perspective : Kawabata's Beauty And Sadness And Its Translations Into English, German, And Dutch / Ad Foolen And Toshiko Yamaguchi -- Across Modalities -- The Dynamic Interplay Between Words And Pictures In Picture Storybooks : How Visual And Verbal Information Interact And Affect The Readers' Viewpoint And Understanding / Chie Fukada -- Maintaining Multiple Viewpoints With Gaze / Eve Sweetser And Kashmiri Stec -- Mixed Viewpoints In Factual And Active Discourse In Catalan Sign Language Narratives / Maria Josep Jarque And Esther Pascual -- Concluding Remarks : Why Viewpoint Matters / Barbara Dancygier -- Index. Edited By Barbara Dancygier, Wei-lun Lu, Arie Verhagen. Revised Papers Discussed In The 12th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference Held At Edmonton (alta.) In 2013. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Table of contents List of contributors Introduction: On tools for weaving meaning out of viewpoint threads Part I: The ubiquity of viewpoint Discourse viewpoint as network Mixed viewpoints and the quotative-reportive cline in German: Reported speech and reportive evidentiality Viewpoint fusion for realism enhancement in Ainu and Japanese narratives The socio-cognitive foundation of Danish perspective-mixing dialogue particles Part II: Across languages Blended viewpoints, mediated witnesses: A cognitive linguistic approach to news narratives Shifting viewpoints: How does that actually work across languages? An exercise in parallel text analysis Perspective: Kawabata’s Beauty and Sadness and its translations into English, German, and Dutch Part III: Across modalities The dynamic interplay between words and pictures in picture storybooks: How visual and verbal information interact and affect the readers’ viewpoint and understanding Maintaining multiple viewpoints with gaze Mixed viewpoints in factual and fictive discourse in Catalan Sign Language narratives Concluding remarks: Why viewpoint matters Index Explores the cross-linguistic diversity, and possibly inconsistency, of the span of linguistic means that signal reported speech and thought. This book also considers the integration of broad linguistic and cognitive strategies for handling mixed points of view.