Hi vs. Ciao: NSM as a tool for cross-linguistic pragmatics

dc.contributor.authorFarese, Gian
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:18:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T10:07:37Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the results of the semantic analysis of two salutations, Hi (English) and Ciao (Italian), made adopting the methodology of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage. The analysis is aimed at making two points: first, that "greetings" have a proper semantic content consisting of expressed attitudes and feelings which can be described in simple, cross-translatable words; second, that salutations are not only performed differently, but also conceived differently across languages and this can create potential cases of miscommunication in cross-cultural interactions. To show this, the interactional meaning of Hi is compared with that of Ciao; two different semantic explications are proposed in order to capture various aspects of their meaning emerging from linguistic evidence. The implications for cross-linguistic pragmatics are also discussed.
dc.identifier.issn0378-2166
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/65697
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceJournal of Pragmatics
dc.titleHi vs. Ciao: NSM as a tool for cross-linguistic pragmatics
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage17
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationFarese, Gian, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu5387232@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidFarese, Gian, u5387232
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor200403 - Discourse and Pragmatics
local.identifier.absseo950202 - Languages and Literacy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB1145
local.identifier.citationvolume85
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pragma.2015.05.020
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84934285007
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9803255
local.type.statusPublished Version

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