Ritual Small Talk in Chinese

Author:

Xia Zongfeng1ORCID,Liu Fengguang1ORCID,Kádár Dániel Z.12ORCID,House Juliane23ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China

2. Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary

3. University of Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

AbstractIn this study, we examine ritual Small Talk in Chinese, which is a regretfully understudied phenomenon. We investigate recurrent pragmatic features of Chinese Small Talk in an audio-recorded corpus through the lens of speech acts. We interpret the use of speech acts with the aid of interaction ritual theory and linguistic politeness. As a case study, we examine instances of Small Talk taking place in the vicinity of a Chinese primary school where parents and grandparents engaged in casual phatic conversations to kill the time while waiting for the children. The study of our corpus of Small Talk conversations allows us to unearth linguaculturally embedded patterns of language use in a complex participatory setting where parents and grandparents interact in front of a school.

Funder

Basic Scientific Research Project of Higher Education Department of Liaoning Province

Social Science Planning Fund of Liaoning Province

National Excellence Programme of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary

Publisher

Akademiai Kiado Zrt.

Subject

Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics,Cultural Studies

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