Thanking Formulae in English

Explorations across varieties and genres
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-272-5635-5
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 230, 308 Seiten, Gewicht: 710 g

Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series

In the present study the use of thanking formulae is examined across different genres and varieties of English. Data is taken from the British National Corpus and the Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English.
Employing a form-to-function mapping, thanking formulae are not only analysed quantitatively, but also qualitatively accounting for local contexts and genre. Additionally, the status of thanking formulae is examined in the most prominent models of politeness, and the interpersonal relation amongst the interlocutors is investigated. The first part is devoted to a variational analysis, which is supplemented by a genre perspective in the second part. The findings of the study contribute new insights to research on thanking (formulae), politeness, variational pragmatics and media discourse.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jautz, Sabine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of tables
List of figures
1. Introduction
2. Setting the scene: Theoretical background
3. Methodology
4. Focus on varieties: Thanking formulae in British and New Zealand English
5. Focus on genre: Thanking formulae in radio texts
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index