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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:45:50
From: J. van Duijn Genet [lot at uva.nl]
Subject: Managing informal interaction: van Naerssen

 


Title: Managing informal interaction 
Subtitle: Stancetaking and alignment in Dutch and Indonesian 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/managing-informal-interaction-stancetaking-and-alignment-in-dutch-and-indonesian 


Author: Maaike van Naerssen

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460933073 Pages: 333 Price: Europe EURO 36.00


Abstract:

Whenever someone states something, they take stance on what they are talking
about. Their utterance presents the propositional content of the message and
at the same time shares their position regarding the topic of talk. They
convey their support or opposition, their like or dislike for it. Subsequent,
related, contributions similarly not only react to the content of the earlier
message, but to the associated stance taken by the other participant as well.
Every interaction thus requires careful management of both the content
discussed and the interpersonal relations between those involved. Generally
speaking, interlocutors aim to construct and maintain a favorable
relationship. This would, for one thing, be reflected by them taking similar
stances on the same topic of talk, expressing their mutual understanding and
shared position on the matter at hand and emphasizing their overall likeness.

This dissertation investigates how people manage their informal interactions
by means of phatic communicative structures. It explores to what extent the
choices made by speakers are cross-linguistically stable or language specific,
since differences in conversational style could affect intercultural
communication and understanding. Three types of linguistic behavior are
addressed: offering support and agreement, reproducing meaning (and form), and
collaboratively constructing a single message. The preferences across and
within these three types are contrasted for Dutch and Indonesian speakers.
While both groups of speakers use all of the phatic structures under
investigation, their preference for one or the other indicates a stronger
orientation toward explicit stance negotiation in Dutch compared to
Indonesian.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                     Indonesian (ind)


Written In: English  (eng)

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