Format:
Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789027294166
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902729416X
Series Statement:
Varieties of English around the world 34
Content:
Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles is the first collection to focus on socio-pragmatic issues in the Caribbean context, including the socio-cultural rules and principles underlying strategic language use. While the Caribbean has long been recognized as a rich and interesting site where cultural continuities meet with new "creolized" or innovative practices, questions of politeness practices, constructions of personhood, or the notion of face have so far been neglected in linguistic research on Caribbean Creoles. Drawing on linguistic politeness theory and Goffman's concept of face, eleven mostly fieldwork-based innovative contributions critically examine a range of topics, such as ritual insults, strategic use of "bad language", kiss-teeth, the performance of homophobic threats, greetings, address forms, advice-giving, socialization and discourse, parent-child discourse, register choice and communicative repertoire in the Caribbean context.
Content:
Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Politeness and face in Caribbean Creoles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Traditions of anthropological research in the Caribbean context -- 3. Politeness and face -- 3.1. Politeness theory -- 3.2. Criticism -- 3.3. Face and self -- 3.4. Politeness studies -- 4. Structure and scope of this book -- 4.1. Focal points in this volume -- 4.2. Contributions in this volume -- Notes -- References -- Performing rudeness and face maintenance -- The use of ``bad'' language as a politeness strategy in a Panamanian Creole village -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Panamanian island of Bastimentos -- 1.2. Data and transcription -- 2. Participation, assessments, and face -- 2.1. Positive assessments -- 2.2. Negative assessments -- 3. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Ritualized insults and the African diaspora -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparison between African American Vernacular English `Sounding' and Nigerian Pidgin `Wording' and contrast with Turkish `Dueling' -- 2.1. Comparison and contrast: General characteristics -- 2.2. Comparison and contrast: General parameters -- 2.3. Comparison and contrast: Rules governing insult form and production -- 2.4. Comparison and contrast: Evaluation of insults -- 2.5. Comparison and contrast: Interpretation of insults -- 2.6. Comparison and contrast: Goffmann's interactional framework for Sounding -- 2.7. Comparison and contrast: Possible social function of insults -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix: The NP Corpus -- Rude sounds -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Kiss Teeth? -- 3. Kiss Teeth, the public sphere and rude sounds -- 3.1. Interpreting Kiss Teeth in the public sphere -- 3.2. Kiss Teeth and access to the public sphere -- 3.3. Kiss Teeth as a rude sound.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789027248947
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Politeness and face in caribbean creoles Amsterdam [u.a.] : Benjamins, 2005 ISBN 902724894X
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Karibische Sprachen
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URL:
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