Ritual and Language - Hardcover

Dániel Z. Kádár

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108472966 ISBN 13: 9781108472968

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

While ritual is often associated with phenomena such as ceremonies, cursing and etiquette, it actually encompasses something much more important: it includes all instances of communally oriented language use. As such, ritual manifests itself in many forms in our daily lives, such as politeness, swearing and humour, and in many different life situations, spanning trash talk in sports events, through market bargaining, to conventional social pleasantries. This pioneering book provides an introduction to ritual language use by providing a cutting-edge, language-anchored and replicable framework applicable for the study of ritual in different datatypes and languages. The framework is illustrated with a wealth of case studies drawn from Chinese and Anglophone rituals which demonstrate how to use it effectively. The book is essential reading for both academics and students, and is relevant to pragmatics, applied linguistics and other fields.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108472966
• ISBN 13: 9781108472968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272