Pre-funeral condolence visits as pragmemes
SOURCE: The pragmeme of accommodation: the case of interaction around the event of death
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Sobane, C.Adonis
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Parvaresh, A.Capone
KEYWORDS: BASOTHO (PEOPLE), CULTURAL CONDITIONS, FUNERALS, PRAGMATICS
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9781
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11387
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11387
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Sobane, C.Adonis
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Parvaresh, A.Capone
KEYWORDS: BASOTHO (PEOPLE), CULTURAL CONDITIONS, FUNERALS, PRAGMATICS
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9781
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11387
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11387
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Abstract
In this chapter we discuss the discursive structure and features of pre-burial visits among the Basotho people. We look at these visits as a pragmatic phenomenon, with a particular focus on the language used and how the social context shapes language use. Language used in these contexts constitutes a particular kind of social action whose function extends well beyond the semantic structure of what is said. The chapter therefore illuminates the significance of language as an action embedded in a particular socio-cultural context.-
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