The Pragmatics of Complimentary Speech Acts: Aspects of Regional Identity
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2019-21-2-540-548
Abstract
The research on the pragmatics of complimentary speech acts should be carried out with due account for such social dimensions as gender, status-marked, age-related, and regional constituent parts. The aim of the study at hand is to elaborate on complimentary speech acts in the light of what will be termed as 'regional identity' within the framework of this article. Notwithstanding many studies of regional identity [1], few have revealed evident account of the representation of the interlocutor's regional identity in the language. This investigation concentrates on the theory of regional identity. The aim of the study is to consider the impact of the place where people live in on the production of complimentary speech acts in the British and American linguacultures. This scientific paper analyzes the significant features of compliments produced by people of urban-related identity and rural-related identity. Therefore, the paper focuses on answering the following research questions: What is the definition of complimentary speech act? What does regional identity mean? How is regional identity reflected in the compliments paid by the British and the Americans? Following the critical analysis of current works [1] on the theory of regional identity, this paper presents complimentary speech acts collected from English and American fiction of the XX and XXI centuries: Fowles J., Jardine Q., Salinger, Smith Z., Stockett K., Yates R., in the prospect of investigation the reflection of regional identity in language.
About the Author
Natalia A. Kurakina
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Russian Federation
14, A. Nevskogo St., Kaliningrad, Russia, 236041
Russian Federation
14, A. Nevskogo St., Kaliningrad, Russia, 236041
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Kurakina N.A. The Pragmatics of Complimentary Speech Acts: Aspects of Regional Identity. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2019;21(2):540-548. https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2019-21-2-540-548
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