Semantically Redundant Language--A Case Study

Autor/in	Rizza, Chris
Titel	Semantically Redundant Language--A Case Study
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 30 (2009) 2, S.276-294 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amp009
Schlagwörter	Speech Acts; Interpersonal Communication; Semantics; Linguistics; Interaction; Social Environment; Linguistic Theory; Case Studies; Speech Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprechakt; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Semantik; Linguistik; Interaktion; Soziales Umfeld; Linguistische Theorie; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit
Abstract	In this article, I discuss the concept of semantically redundant language through a case study of the Te Rauparaha Maori haka. I suggest that current linguistic theories cannot give a full account of ritualized speech events, of which the haka is an example, as these theories are based on a traditional dyadic model of interaction involving a specific addresser and addressee. I describe the speech event from the perspective of Speech Act Theory and show how the existence of the locution, illocution, and perlocution of an utterance in certain social contexts becomes unclear. In ritualized speech events, non-verbal elements of communication are more important than linguistic meaning. Linguistic meaning is downgraded in terms of value, in that what is said and the words of the utterance are less important than the fact that they have been uttered and the manner in which they have been delivered. I call this kind of language "semantically redundant language" and suggest that there are varying degrees of this dependent on the social context within which an utterance is performed. Thus, semantic redundancy is greater in highly formalized, ritual scenarios, and less obvious in "normal" dyadic interaction. (As Provided).
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