28.2711, FYI: Call for Book Chapters: Death and Pragmemes

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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 12:59:05
From: Vahid Parvaresh [vahid.parvaresh at anglia.ac.uk]
Subject: Call for Book Chapters: Death and Pragmemes

 
Call for book chapters

Death and Pragmemes

Editors: 

Vahid Parvaresh (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) and Alessandro Capone
(University of Messina, Italy)

(This volume will be submitted to the Springer Series 'Perspectives in
Pragmatics, Philosophy and Psychology' which is accessible via the following
link: http://www.springer.com/series/11797)

There certainly are situations in our lives in which we are deprived of
someone close to us and are therefore expected to “not only mourn him/her but
also console, in one way or another, the grieving family and friends of the
deceased” (Parvaresh, 2017, p. 1). In this respect, in many countries,
cemeteries are known as “virtual hives of activity by the recently bereaved
and are among the most visited places” (Bachelor, 2007, cited in Parvaresh,
2017, p. 1). Indeed, it appears that the thought of death – conscious or
unconscious – continues to influence the way we think, behave and function in
society. 

As a corollary of this tendency, human beings seem to have over time developed
sophisticated mechanism, linguistic or otherwise, to overcome ‘the negation of
presence’ (Capone, 2010, p. 4; see also Allan et al., 2016) with a view to
accommodating family and friends of the deceased “to the hard facts of life
and to bring them peace of mind” (Capone, 2010, p. 4). In doing so, not only
do they “honour the deceased but, above all, they provide ‘solace’ to his/her
relatives” (Assenza, 2017, p. 21). Capone terms this ‘situational prototype’
(Mey, 2001) the ‘pragmeme of accommodation’ (Capone, 2010; see also Capone,
2005).

Despite the ever increasing number of studies on pragmatics of the language
surrounding death and dying (e.g. Parvaresh & Capone, 2017), one still sees a
very low profile, especially when it comes to the investigation of how
languages and cultures may differ in this respect. This collection of papers
seeks to fill this gap. Of particular interest would be papers that address,
in one way or another, the situational realisations of one or more of the
following scripts (following Allan, 2017, p. 423), or any other relevant
concept:

- The administration of last rites
- The report of death (e.g. the pragmeme of death notices)
- The cause of death 
- Legal notification of death 
- Laying out of the body
- Paying respect to the dead person 
- Expressing empathy with the bereaved

Potential contributors are encouraged to send an abstract of 250-500 words to:

Prof. Alessandro Capone (acapone at unime.it)
Dr. Vahid Parvaresh (vahid.parvaresh at anglia.ac.uk)

Deadline for abstract submission: November 30, 2017
Deadline for paper submission: June 15, 2018

Authors are encouraged to have a look at our most recent publication, ‘The
pragmeme of accommodation: The case of interaction around the event of death’
(http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319557588), before submitting their
abstracts. 

References:

Allan, K. 2017. A death in late Victorian Dublin. In Parvaresh, V. & Capone,
A. (Eds.), The pragmeme of accommodation: The case of interaction around the
event of death. Springer: Switzerland.
Allan, K., Capone, A., & Kecskes, I. (Eds.). 2016. Pragmemes and theories of
language use. Springer: Switzerland.
Assenza, E. 2017. Catholic rituals of death and funeral homily: A
socio-pragmatic survey in southern Italy. In Parvaresh, V. & Capone, A.
(Eds.), The pragmeme of accommodation: The case of interaction around the
event of death. Springer: Switzerland.
Bachelor, P. 2007. Practical bereavement. Health Sociology Review 16: 405-414.
Capone, A. 2005. Pragmemes (a study with references to English and Italian).
Journal of Pragmatics 37: 1355-1371.
Capone, A. 2010. On pragmemes again. Dealing with death. La linguistique 46:
3-21.
Mey, J. 2001. Pragmatics: An introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Parvaresh, V. 2017. Death, dying and the pragmeme. In Parvaresh, V. & Capone,
A. (Eds.), The pragmeme of accommodation: The case of interaction around the
event of death. Springer: Switzerland.
Parvaresh, V., Capone, A. (Eds.). 2017. The pragmeme of accommodation: The
case of interaction around the event of death. Springer: Switzerland.
 



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