Mullan, Kerry; Peeters, Bert; & Sadow, Lauren (Eds.) (2020). Studies in ethnopragmatics, cultural semantics, and intercultural communication: Vol. 1. Ethnopragmatics and semantic analysis. Singapore: Springer.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9983-2
Abstract:
This book is the first in a three-volume set that celebrates the career and achievements of Cliff Goddard, a pioneer of the NSM approach in linguistics. It explores issues in ethnopragmatics and conversational humour, with a further focus on semantic analysis more broadly.
Table of contents [NSM chapters only]:
2. A brief introduction to the Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach (Lauren Sadow & Kerry Mullan)
Part I. Ethnopragmatics
3. Condolences in Cantonese and English: What people say and why (John C. Wakefield, Winnie Chor, & Nikko Lai)
4. The ethnopragmatics of English understatement and Italian exaggeration: Clashing cultural scripts for the expression of personal opinions (Gian Marco Farese)
5. Ethnopragmatics of hāzer javābi, a valued speech practice in Persian (Reza Arab)
6. “The Great Australian Pastime”: Pragmatic and semantic perspectives on taking the piss (Michael Haugh & Lara Weinglass)
7. Thứ-Bậc (‘hierarchy’) in the cultural logic of Vietnamese interaction: An ethnopragmatic perspective (Lien-Huong Vo)
Part II. Semantic analysis
10. Positive appraisal in online news comments (Radoslava Trnavac & Maite Taboada)
11. The conceptual semantics of alienable possession in Amharic (Mengistu Amberber)
12. The meanings of list constructions: Explicating interactional polysemy (Susanna Karlsson)
More information:
Each chapter will soon have its own entry, where additional information is provided.
Rating:
Research carried out by one or more experienced NSM practitioners
