Synchronic and Diachronic Pragmatic Variability
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The Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics. ed. / M. Haugh; Daniel Kádár; Marina Terkourafi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. p. 182-205 10 (Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics).
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T1 - Synchronic and Diachronic Pragmatic Variability
AU - Barron, Anne
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this chapter we explore the interrelated phenomena of conventionalization and conventions. We argue that the essence of convention is to facilitate meaning making in interaction, while conventionalization refers to the process through which conventions come into existence. We investigate the pragmatic complexity surrounding convention and conventionalization by arguing that (1) conventionalization is a matter of degree; (2) conventions and conventionalization are particularly prominent in intercultural interactions; and (3) language and socialisation are highly relevant to conventionalization. We also investigate facets of language use with complex implications for convention and practice, and we provide various interactional examples to illustrate these facets.
AB - In this chapter we explore the interrelated phenomena of conventionalization and conventions. We argue that the essence of convention is to facilitate meaning making in interaction, while conventionalization refers to the process through which conventions come into existence. We investigate the pragmatic complexity surrounding convention and conventionalization by arguing that (1) conventionalization is a matter of degree; (2) conventions and conventionalization are particularly prominent in intercultural interactions; and (3) language and socialisation are highly relevant to conventionalization. We also investigate facets of language use with complex implications for convention and practice, and we provide various interactional examples to illustrate these facets.
KW - Language Studies
KW - convention
KW - conventionalisation
KW - language socialization
UR - https://assets.cambridge.org/97811088/44963/copyright/9781108844963_copyright_info.pdf
UR - https://assets.cambridge.org/97811088/44963/frontmatter/9781108844963_frontmatter.pdf
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-of-sociopragmatics/5366B838C429424CBCB5E34433046B80
U2 - 10.1017/9781108954105.011
DO - 10.1017/9781108954105.011
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-1-108-84496-3
SN - 978-1-108-94930-9
T3 - Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics
SP - 182
EP - 205
BT - The Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics
A2 - Haugh, M.
A2 - Kádár, Daniel
A2 - Terkourafi, Marina
PB - Cambridge University Press
CY - Cambridge
ER -