<<The>> cultural pragmatics of danger cross-linguistic perspectives. Carten Levisen

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levisen, Carsten.

Contributor:

Ye, Zhengdao.

Series:

Pragmatics and Beyond New Series

Pragmatics and beyond new series vol. 346

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Language and culture.

Discourse analysis--Cross-cultural studies.

Discourse analysis.

Danger--Cross-cultural studies.

Danger.

Danger perception--Cross-cultural studies.

Danger perception.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2024

Summary:

This book addresses the problems and challenges of studying the discourse of danger cross-linguistically and cross-culturally, and proposes the cultural pragmatics of danger as a new field of inquiry.

Contents:

Chapter 1. "When bad things happen to people": Cultural pragmatics and cross-linguistic perspectives on danger / Carsten Levisen & Zhengdao Ye

Chapter 2. Society in danger: Samfundssind 'community spirit' and the cultural pragmatics of Danish pandemic discourse / Carsten Levisen

Chapter 3. A Japanese pragmatics of danger: The rise of Jishuku'self-discipline' and dōchō-atsuryoku 'peer-pressure' as pandemic keywords in Japan / Yuko Asano-Cavanagh & Robert F. Cavanagh

Chapter 4. New social categories in dangerous times: Unidad familiar, conviviente, and Grupo Burbuja in Spain's "New Normal" / Mónica Aznárez-Mauleón

Chapter 5. Superheroes, war heroes, health care heroes: The pragmatics of danger and the discourse of heroism / Lauren Sadow & Katie Cox

Chapter 6. Emergency messaging and dangerous translations: Case studies of Australian COVID-19 discourse / Ida Stevia Diget

Chapter 7. Language learning in times of danger: Narratives of confinamiento/confinement in Spanish - English bilingual online conversations during lockdown / Susana S. Fernández & Christine Appel

Chapter 8. Planet in danger! Climate emotions in English: A cultural pragmatics study of eco-anxiety, grief and distress / Helen Bromhead

Chapter 9. Alla yustur: Danger-thwarting divine interjectional phrase in Jish Arabic / Sandy Habib

Chapter 10. The cultural pragmatics of "danger" in Chinese political discourse / Zhengdao Ye

Chapter 11. Security, Sicherheit, ānquán: Similar-but-different key concepts in English, German and Chinese / Cliff Goddard, Tine-Marie Junker & Zhengdao Ye

Epilogue

Carsten Levisen & Zhengdao Ye.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789027246783

OCLC:

1450838533