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"Illustrated with numerous in-depth case studies, this pioneering book provides a cutting-edge introduction to ritual language use, a fundamental aspect of communication in everyday life. Offering a new framework for the pragmatic study of ritual, it is essential reading for both researchers and students in pragmatics and applied linguistics"--
List of contents
List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Language of Ritual: Foundations; 2. Interaction Ritual - The Basics; 3. Order in the Extraordinary - More on the Ritual Perspective; 4. 'Politeness' in the Realm of The Overly Ordinary - Concluding Notes on The Ritual Perspective; Part II. Ritual Frame in Interaction: The Complex Interactional Features of Ritual; 5. Mimesis; 6. (Self-)Display; 7. Liminality; Part III. Methodological issues; 8. Methodological Take 1A: The Relationship Between Expressions and Ritual; 9. Methodological Take 1B: The Relationship Between Speech Acts and Ritual; 10. Methodological Take 2A: Capturing Ritual Practices; 11. Methodological Take 2B: Describing Ritual Contexts; 12. Conclusion; References; Notes; Index.
About the author
Dániel Z. Kádár is Chair Professor at Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China, Research Professor at Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary, and Professor of English Linguistics at University of Maribor, Slovenia. He is Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea. He has research interests in pragmatics, linguistic politeness, interaction ritual and applied linguistics.
Summary
Illustrated with numerous in-depth case studies, this pioneering book provides a cutting-edge introduction to ritual language use, a fundamental aspect of communication in everyday life. Offering a new framework for the pragmatic study of ritual, it is essential reading for both researchers and students in pragmatics and applied linguistics.
