Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://doi.org/10.48548/pubdata-155
Full metadata record
Field | Value |
---|---|
Resource type | Book Chapter |
Title(s) | Sorry Miss, I Completely Forgot about It |
Subtitle(s) | Apologies and Vocatives in Ireland and England |
DOI | 10.48548/pubdata-155 |
Handle | 20.500.14123/175 |
Creator | Barron, Anne 0000-0003-2962-7985 (Institute of English Studies (IES), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg 02w2y2t16) |
Abstract | The study of the pragmatics of Irish English is a recent endeavour. Since its beginnings, a substantial amount of scholarship has been conducted in a cross-varietal design with the aim of highlighting shared and specific features of Irish English vis-à-vis other varieties of English. A particular focus of such variational pragmatic research has been on speech act realisations. Cross-varietal studies on apologies in Irish English remain, however, limited. The present chapter addresses this research gap in the study of apologies in Irish English. It takes a variational pragmatic approach to the study of remedial apologies, contrasting apologies in Irish English and in English English empirically using comparable data . Specifically, production questionnaire data is investigated and norms of appropriate verbal apologetic behaviour contrasted. The analysis centres on the apology strategies and modification employed across varieties and on their linguistic realisations, and a particular focus is placed on the cross-varietal use of alerters and vocatives in apologising. Findings point to the universality of apology strategies, while also revealing variety-preferential pragmatic differences. Specifically, the Irish English data reveals a higher use of vocatives, many playing a relational function in the data, and thus suggesting higher levels of relational orientation in the Irish English data relative to the English English data. In addition, a higher use of upgrading strategies and explanations, many communicating an active speaker role, is recorded in the Irish English data pointing to a comparatively higher redress of speakers’ loss of positive face. |
Language | English |
Year of publication in PubData | 2024 |
Publishing type | Parallel publication |
Publication version | Accepted version |
Date issued | 2021-11-30 |
Creation context | Research |
Faculty / department | Fakultät Bildung |
Date of Availability | 2024-02-27T16:01:16Z |
Archiving Facility | Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg 02w2y2t16) |
Published by | Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg |
Information regarding first publication
Field | Value |
---|---|
Resource type | Book |
Title of the resource type | Expanding the Landscapes of Irish English Research |
Identifier | DOI: 10.4324/9781003025078-6 |
Publication year | 2022 |
Pages | 109 - 128 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | New York |
Related Resources
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
barron_2021_sorry_miss_i_completely_forgot_about_it.pdf License: open-access | 723.63 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in PubData are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Views
Item Export Bar
Access statistics
Page view(s): 111
Download(s): 34