Language in Life, and a Life in Language: Jacob Mey – a Festschrift

654 Pages·2009·4.714 MB·

by  Bruce Fraser, Ken Turner (eds.)

Jacob Mey

LANGUAGE IN LIFE, AND A LIFE IN LANGUAGE:
JACOB MEY – A FESTSCHRIFT
STUDIES IN PRAGMATICS
Series Editors: Bruce Fraser, Kerstin Fischer, Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
The Studies in Pragmatics series is dedicated to publishing innovative,
authoritative monographs and edited collections from all micro-, macro-,
and meta-pragmatic linguistic perspectives. Rooted in the interdisciplinary
spirit of the Journal of Pragmatics, it welcomes not only book proposals
from linguistics proper but also pragmatically oriented proposals from
neighboring disciplines such as interactional sociology, language philosophy,
communication science, social psychology, cognitive science, and
information science. The goal of the series is to provide a widely read
and respected international forum for high-quality theoretical, analytical,
and applied pragmatic studies of all types. By publishing leading-edge
work on natural language practice, it seeks to extend our growing
knowledge of the forms, functions, and foundations of human interaction.
Other titles in this series:
FISCHER Approaches to Discourse Particles
AIJMER & SIMON- Pragmatic Markers in Contrast
VANDENBERGEN
FETZER & FISCHER Lexical Markers of Common Grounds
CAFFI Mitigation
ROSSARI, RICCI & Grammaticalization and Pragmatics:
SPIRIDON Facts, Approaches, Theoretical Issues
Proposals for the series are welcome. Please contact the Series Editor,
Bruce Fraser: [email protected]
LANGUAGE IN LIFE, AND A LIFE IN
LANGUAGE: JACOB MEY – A FESTSCHRIFT
EDITED BY
BRUCE FRASER
Boston University, USA
KEN TURNER
University of Brighton, UK
United Kingdom – North America – Japan
India – Malaysia – China
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Series Editors
Bruce Fraser
Boston University, USA
Kerstin Fischer
University of Hamburg, Germany
Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
University of Manchester, UK
Consulting Editor
Jacob L. Mey
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Editorial Board
Diane Blakemore, University of Salford, UK
Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Hebrew University, Israel
Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia, Canada
Claudia Caffi , University of Genoa, Italy
Alessandro Duranti, UCLA, USA
Anita Fetzer, University of Lueneburg, Germany
Marjorie Goodwin, UCLA, USA
Hartmut Haberland, University of Roskilde, Denmark
William F. Hanks, University of California, USA
Sachiko Ide, Tokyo Women’s University, Japan
Kasia Jaszczolt, University of Cambridge, UK
Elizabeth Keating, University of Texas, USA
Sotaro Kita, University of Bristol, UK
Ron Kuzar, University of Haifa, Israel
Lorenzo Mondada, University of Lyon 2, France
Henning Noelke, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Etsuko Oishi, Fuji Women’s University, Japan
Salvador Pons, University of Valencia, Spain
Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff University, UK
Marina Sbisà, University of Trieste, Italy

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ABLE OF ONTENTS
List of Contributors ......................................................................................................................xv
Congratulatory Messages ............................................................................................................xix
By way of a Preface ....................................................................................................................xxi
On the Defi nition of Non-Cooperation ..........................................................................................1
Salvatore Attardo
Apologies Across the U.S.A. .........................................................................................................9
Anne Barron
Is Nothing Something, or isn’t it Anything? Zeroes in Danish Prosodic Morphology ................19
Hans Basbøll
The Sign Cascade – A Basic Format of Semiotic Apperception ..................................................25
Per Aage Brandt
Shouting Teresa or: Beyond Co-operation ...................................................................................33
Claudia Caffi
‘Thank You’: How Do Conversationalists in Hong Kong Express Gratitude? ............................39
Winnie Cheng
Figurative Pragmatics: From Structure to Social Status ..............................................................49
Herbert L. Colston
When Voices Really Clash: A Tribute to Jacob Mey ...................................................................57
François Cooren
The Force of Language and its Temporal Unfolding ...................................................................63
Alessandro Duranti
How Do Children Acquire Honorifi cs? ........................................................................................73
Susan M. Ervin-Tripp