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In:Socioeconomic Pragmatic Variation: Speech acts and address forms in context
Larssyn Staley
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 291] 2018
► pp. 197–201

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Published online: 19 July 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.291.si

A

  • accountability9–10, 12, 14, 20, 146, 183; see also distributional accountability17, 20, 57, 68, 71, 77, 85, 179; see also sequential accountability20, 57, 68, 71, 77, 85, 179
  • actional level14–16, 28–29, 35, 62–63, 87
  • activity types64, 67–70; see also communicative activitiessee also communicative taskssee also joint activities
  • address forms, terms16, 17, 19, 59, 147–154, 156–159
    • bound address forms149–152, 156–159, 166–170
    • free address terms10, 33, 149–152, 156–159, 160–165
    • nominal forms150, 152, 155, 157, 158–159
    • pre-positioned156, 161, 164
    • pronominal forms29, 150, 151, 152, 154, 157, 158–159 150, 151, 157, 158–159; see also diminutivessee also vocativessee also bro, sir, madame, you guys, you-pl., you + nominative
  • adjacency pairs15; see also first pair partsee also second pair part
  • age variation21, 23, 35; see also variation
  • Anglo-American view of pragmatics4–5; see also component viewsee also Continental-European view of pragmatics
  • attention getters160–161, 176
  • audience design51

B

  • be-like22; see also quotatives
  • borrowed prestige38, 44,
  • bottom-up approach5, 8, 13, 46, 54, 62–64; see also top-down approach
  • bound address forms(see address forms)
  • bro160, 161–162, 165, 180, 184, 187–188

C

  • CCSARP cross cultural speech act research project7,
  • closings2, 16, 42, 58–59, 63; see also openingssee also sequences
  • co-textsee also linguistic context(see context)
  • cognitive context(see context)
  • commissive90–92, 104
    • commissive act104
    • commissive-directive90–92, 96–97, 167
  • communicative
    • act42
    • activities4, 5, 9–10, 16, 36, 40, 57, 67, 71–73, 77–79, 83–86, 116–118, 120–121, 142–146, 171–175, 177, 179–182, 183, 187–188
    • channel48, 49
    • context48
    • event69
    • goals31, 64
    • projects70
    • purpose58–59, 61
    • tasks15, 40–42, 60, 62–63, 66, 68, 72–73, 77–79, 83–86, 163–165,; see also activity typessee also joint activities41
  • comparability(see principles of variational pragmatics)
  • compliments18, 126, 138, 181, 183; see also speech acts
  • component view of pragmatics4–6; see also Anglo-American view of pragmatics
  • context2, 4–10, 16, 17–21, 32, 32–34, 37, 40–41, 47–48, 64–65, 84, 98, 106, 180, 185
    • contextual constraints47–50
    • cognitive context16, 63, 64–65, 67–69, 71, 75, 77–78, 85, 99–100, 102–104, 108, 114
    • co-text16, 65
    • delimiting context17, 19, 31, 57, 68, 84, 86, 88, 121, 123
    • discourse context12, 17, 20, 32, 64–65, 89, 94, 166
    • linguistic context64–65, 66–67, 96–97, 99–100, 102, 109, 114
    • social context12, 13, 16, 60, 64–66, 77, 153
    • socioeconomic context48
    • variable context14, 17–21, 32, 88, 123, 146, 180–181, 185, 186, 188
  • Continental-European view of pragmatics4–5
  • contrastivity(see principles of variational pragmatics)
  • convention of forms15, 127
  • convention of means15, 28, 127
  • conventional indirect offers78, 85, 87, 95, 96, 101–102, 104–106, 109–110, 112–121, 182, 187; see also direct offerssee also non-conventional indirect offerssee also offers
  • conversation analysis63, 97
  • corpora25, 34–36, 54, 146
  • corpus-based24, 25, 29, 44, 185
  • cross-cultural pragmatics3, 7
  • cultural norms2, 59

D

  • data collection8, 15, 18, 30, 36, 39, 44–45, 55, 66
  • deference148, 154, 157, 159–161, 165, 167, 176
  • delimiting context(see context)
  • derivational equivalence13–14
  • dialect2, 4, 30, 152; see also variety
  • dialectology5; see also variationist sociolinguistics
  • diminutives28; see also address forms
  • directives90–92, 96
  • discourse57–58, 84–85
    • discourse context(see context)
    • discourse pragmatic features13–14, 19, 21, 31, 47, 48
    • discourse pragmatic variation18, 21–22,
    • discourse sequence62–64, 83, 89, 100, 103–104
    • restaurant service encounter discourse57–64
    • service encounter discourse40–41, 47, 57
    • discourse completion tasks (DCTs)8, 15, 23, 34–35, 88
    • discourse domains16, 63
    • discourse-pragmatic markers13, 21, 32, 124
  • distance31, 124, 154, 156
    • horizontal distance31, 49, 124–125
    • vertical distance31, 49, 124–125; see also power31
  • distributional accountability9, 17, 20, 77, 84; see also sequential accountability9, 16, 20, 71, 77

E

  • elliptical forms95–96, 109–110, 112, 116–118; see also offers
  • empiricity(see principles of variational pragmatics)
  • envelope of variation18, 57
  • ethnicity45; see also social factors
  • exchanges15, 41, 58, 59, 92, 111, 115
  • experimental methods24–25, 31, 34–35, 87–88; see also discourse completions taskssee also questionnairessee also role plays
  • expressions of gratitude7, 25–26, 45, 123–124, 129–30; see also thanks
  • external modification24–26; see also modifiers
  • extra-linguistic context13, 36; see also contextsee also social context

F

  • face25, 59, 90, 96, 104, 113, 115, 124, 162, 185
    • face saving strategies98, 185
    • face threatening act (FTA)167
  • first instance offers89, 98–99, 101, 103, 185, 187
  • first pair parts3, 126, 146, 183; see also adjacency pairssee also second pair parts
  • form95
  • form-to-function19, 25, 29, 88, 91, 165
  • formal level14, 16, 23, 25, 35, 114,; see also functional levelsee also interactional levelsee also organizational levelsee also topic level
  • free address forms(see address forms )
  • function13–14, 19, 31, 34, 69, 88–89, 90–91, 98, 125, 148–149, 185, 186see also form
    • function-form mapping2, 19, 34, 65, 72, 83
  • functional level14–15see also formal levelsee also interactional levelsee also organizational levelsee also topic level
    • functional similarity13–14
    • function-to-form165

G

  • gender variation21–23, 27–28, 32, 38; see also variation
  • greetings16, 42,; see also closingssee also sequences
  • guests45, 47, 49–54, 59, 62, 66, 68, 72, 91–92, 188

H

  • hearer90–92
  • hearer focused offers104–106, 108–110, 114–115, 119–121, 182, 187; see also offerssee also speaker focused offers
  • hearer uptake16, 85
  • horizontal distance31, 49, 124, 166; see also vertical distance
  • hospitable offers87, 91; see also offerssee also offers of assistancesee also restaurant service offers

I

  • illocution18, 48
    • illocutionary act15
    • illocutionary domain63
    • illocutionary force10, 12, 15–16, 85, 100; see also pragmatic force
  • income52
  • initial offers92, 96, 102–105, 108, 109, 116, 180, 182; see also offerssee also offer sequencessee also reoffers
  • instrumental talk42–43; see also non-transactional relational/ interpersonal talksee also non-instrumental, non-essential talk42; see also small talksee also transactional talk
  • intensifiers21–22, 124, 128
  • interactional-discourse approach10
  • interactionally negotiated offers1, 35
  • interactive goals31, 47, 49
  • internal modification26, 28; see also modifierssee also external modification
  • intra-lingual variation2, 26; see also variationsee also national variation
  • introspection7
  • imbalance reducer after thanks IRAT124; see also thanks responsessee also thanks modifiers

J

  • joint action12, 57, 69
  • joint activity41, 57, 69–70

L

  • Labov’s department store study37–39; see also rapid anonymous observation
  • language change6, 21
  • left periphery156, 161, 163–164; see also pre-positionedsee also right periphery156, 162, 167, 177
  • linguistic context(see context)
  • Los Angeles Restaurant Corpus (LARC)9, 44–46, 50–54
  • Los Angeles Restaurant Study3, 9, 37,

M

  • macro social factors3, 7, 36, 87; see also social factorssee also social classsee also regionsee also agesee also gendersee also ethnicity
  • madame157–159, 184, 187; see also address forms
  • micro social factors7, 36, 87; see also social factors
  • modification131–133

N

  • national variation3, 21, 23–24, 26–27, 128; see also variation
  • native speaker50
  • naturally occurring discourse5, 15, 31, 34–38, 180
  • nominal forms of address(see address forms)
  • non-conventional indirect offers75, 78–79, 81, 83, 95–96, 104, 106–108, 109–110, 116–119, 180, 182; see also offerssee also conventional indirect offers
  • non-instrumental, non-essential talk42; see also instrumental talksee also non-transactional relational/ interpersonal talksee also small talksee also transactional talk
  • non-transactional relational/interpersonal talk59, 79; see also instrumental talksee also non-instrumental, non-essential talksee also small talksee also transactional talk

O

  • observer’s paradox37, 46
  • offers6, 10, 24–25, 67, 71, 77, 87–88, 89–90, 99, 101, 114
    • hospitable offers25, 87, 91
    • offer form95, 97
    • offer function90–92; see also commissive-directives
    • offers of assistance87–88
    • offer propositional content93–94,
    • offer sequence89, 103–104, 108; see also pre-offerssee also second instance offerssee also reoffers
    • offer strategies96, 116–118
    • pre-sequences63–64, 78, 99, 108–109, 110, 179, 182
    • re-offers103, 112–114
    • restaurant service offers90–92, 96, 114–115
    • second instance offers89, 99, 103
  • openings58–59; see also closingssee also sequence
  • organizational level14; see also formal levelsee also functional levelsee also interactional level
  • orientation26, 92, 106, 114, 115, 119–120; see also speaker focussee also hearer focus

P

  • phonological variables6, 11–12, 20, 32
  • politeness25, 40, 59, 98, 162,; see also facesee also relational work
  • polysemic meaning13
  • post-positioned156, 162; see also pre-positioned
  • power31, 65, 153, 156–157, 166, 188; see also distancesee also vertical distance
  • pragmatic variables4, 6, 9–14, 16–20, 31–32, 33, 85–86, 88, 126, 151, 180–181, 184, 186; see also variables
  • pragmalinguistic variation125, 146, 186; see also sociopragmatic variation
  • pragmatic features7, 13, 17, 19, 36, 48
  • pragmatic force2, 5–6, 15–16, 55, 95, 97–100; see also illocutionary force
  • pre-offers89, 98, 103–104, 106, 108, 114, 185; see also offer sequencessee also pre-sequences
  • pre-positioned(see address forms)
  • pre-sequences(see offers)
  • principles of variational pragmatics7, 33–34
    • comparability1, 7, 12, 18, 30–31, 36, 47, 49, 69, 88, 181, 185, 186
    • contrastibility7, 30, 34, 180
    • empiricity7, 33–34, 40
  • procedural meaning12, 16, 156
  • pronominal forms(see address forms)
  • propostional content16, 32, 89, 90, 93–94, 181

Q

  • questionnaires34, 147; see also discourse completions taskssee also experimental methods

R

  • rapid anonymous observation37; see also Labov’s department store study
  • re-offers(see offers)
  • recommendations80–81, 84; see also offer sequencessee also pre-offers
  • referential meaning11–13, 88
  • regional variation21, 23, 26–27, 148; see also national variation
  • register variation36, 48; see also variation
  • relational work16, 116, 171, 174, 176; see also politeness
  • requests15, 26–29, 63, 91; see also speech acts

S

  • saliency11, 17
  • second pair parts89, 98–99, 101, 102–103, 185, 187; see also first pair partssee also adjacency pairs
  • semantic sameness12, 14, 31
  • sequential accountability9, 16, 20, 71, 77; see also distributional accountability
  • servers39, 45, 46–47, 49
  • service encounters40–44, 47, 57–61
  • sir149, 151, 152, 157, 159, 160, 167, 187; see also address forms
  • situation of use31, 47–49
  • situational variation25–26, 48, 157; see also variation
  • small talk24, 35; see also non-transactional relational/ interpersonal talksee also non-instrumental, non-essential talksee also instrumental talk
  • socioeconomic, social class3–5, 20, 37–39
  • socioeconomic context(see context)
  • social context(see context)
  • social factors3, 7–8, 20–21, 36, 38, 54; see also macro social factorssee also micro social factors
  • social markers152–154, 155
  • social stratification37, 37
  • sociolinguistics1, 4–5, 8, 21–22, 38
  • sociopragmatic variation125, 146, 186–187; see also pragmalinguistic variation
  • solidarity138, 153–155, 177; see also deference
  • speaker focus104–105, 110, 113–115, 119–121; see also hearer focus
  • speech acts6, 15–16, 18–19, 29, 36, 67, 88, 90, 95, 146, 180–181, 185; see also complimentssee also offerssee also requestssee also thankssee also thanks responses
  • speech event5, 37, 46, 54
  • strategies15, 42, 70,
    • offer strategies(see offers)
    • thanks response strategies(see thanks response)
  • style shifting39
  • stylistic
    • level16, 27, 29, 59
    • variables16
  • suggestory formulae87, 95–96, 109, 116–117; see also offers
  • support moves93, 96

T

  • terms of address(see address forms)
  • text type variation35–36
  • thanks123, 124, 125, 130
  • thanks minimizers3, 25; see also thanks responses
  • thanks receiving favors183–186
  • thanks response3, 123–125, 129–146, 183, 185,
    • function and position125–126
    • strategies and types124, 126–129, 131–132, 142, 144, 146
  • tips52, 143
  • top-down approach59, 61, 63; see also bottom-up approach
  • topic level14, 47, 65; see also formal levelsee also functional levelsee also interactional levelsee also organizational levelsee also functional level
  • transactional talk42, 59; see also instrumental talksee also non-transactional relational/ interpersonal talksee also small talksee also non-instrumental, non-essential talk

U

  • utterance5, 19–20, 63, 65, 68, 69, 71, 83, 95, 97, 98

V

  • variable context(see context)
  • variation
    • variable1–2, 4, 5–6, 8–10, 11–20, 21, 30–32, 33, 37, 39, 65, 85–86, 88, 126, 151, 159, 180–181, 184–188; see also pragmatic variablessee also linguistic variablessee also phonological variablessee also morphological variablessee also syntactical variables
  • variational pragmatics1, 3–9, 23–25, 30–32, 186–188
  • variationist-sociolinguistics4–6, 17, 21–22
    • variants5–6, 8, 11–22, 35, 64, 85, 88, 151–153, 159, 161, 166, 174–175, 187
  • variety
    • variety-exclusive7–8, 30, 187–188
    • variety-preferential7–8, 30, 187–188; see age variationsee register variationsee gender variationsee intra-lingual variationsee pragmalinguistic variationsee pragmatic variationsee situational variationsee sociopragmatic variationsee text type variation
  • vertical distance31, 49, 124–125; see also horizontal distancesee also power
  • vocatives148–149, 151–152, 155–156, 161–165, 167; see also address formssee also terms of address

Y

  • you guys148, 152, 155, 158–159, 163–165, 167, 170, 176, 184–185, 187; see also address formssee also terms of address
  • you-pl.148, 158–159, 168, 169, 172, 174, 175, 177, 184; see also address formssee also pronominal forms
  • you + nominal166, 168, 172, 175, 176, 177; see also address forms
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