LU, Wei-lun. Socio-cultural Factors in Analyzing the Pragmeme of Accommodation : A Case Study of the Official Online Eulogy Request System in Taiwan. In Vahid Parvaresh and Alessandro Capone. The Pragmeme of Accommodation : The Case of Interaction around the Event of Death. Switzerland: Springer, 2017, p. 111-127. Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology; 13. ISBN 978-3-319-55758-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55759-5_7.
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Original name Socio-cultural Factors in Analyzing the Pragmeme of Accommodation : A Case Study of the Official Online Eulogy Request System in Taiwan
Authors LU, Wei-lun (158 Taiwan, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Switzerland, The Pragmeme of Accommodation : The Case of Interaction around the Event of Death, p. 111-127, 17 pp. Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology; 13, 2017.
Publisher Springer
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 60202 Specific languages
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/17:00099638
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-3-319-55758-8
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55759-5_7
Keywords in English Death; Eulogy; Face; Idiom; Occupation; Religion; Situation-bound utterances (SBU)
Tags rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The paper reports an empirical study of the official online eulogy request system developed in Taiwan. Through a qualitative analysis of the request system, four extra-linguistic factors are identified as being crucial when analyzing the pragmeme of accommodation, including the affiliation and the job title of the mourner, the occupation of the deceased, the religion of the deceased, and the Taiwanese cultural practice of adopting an English nickname. The cultural meanings of the four variables are also discussed. It is argued that the Chinese concept of mianzi ‘face’ is a main force that not only historically led to the establishment of the request system but also fundamentally shaped the setup of the system. In addition, two linguistic factors are also found to be of relevance, including mode of communication (written) and length of expression (four characters).
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