Pragmatic functions of Christian expressions in spoken discourse

Darinka Verdonik (Author), Zdravko Kačič (Author)

Abstract

Different kinds of pragmatic expressions in spoken discourse, such as discourse markers, interjections, topic orientation markers, pragmatic deictics, general extenders, etc., have attracted the attention of researchers over recent decades. However, expressions that have their origins within religions have not as yet been studied from the pragmatic perspective, even though in everyday conversation they are used in non-religious contexts and content-free manners more often than within a religious context. The present study is based on the GOS Slovenian reference speech corpus, and covers the more common Christian expressions used in the corpus data, namely: bog "God", bože "God", marija "Mary", madona "Madonna", jezus "Jesus", hudič "Devil", vrag "Devil". The study attempts to highlight the contexts in which these expressions are used, as well as the pragmatic functions they perform.

Keywords

analiza diskurza;analyse du discours;expressions religieuses;govorjeni jezik;korpusno jezikoslovje;krščansko besedišče;linguistique de corpus;oral;slovene;slovenščina;verski izrazi;vocabulaire chrétien;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FERI - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher:	Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete
UDC:	811.163.6'322:808.5:[81'373:27]
COBISS:	50799458
ISSN:	0024-3922
Parent publication:	Linguistica
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Pragmatične vloge krščanskih izrazov v vsakdanjem govoru
Secondary abstract:	Različni pragmatični izrazi v govorjenem diskurzu, kot so diskurzni označevalci, medmeti, kažipoti, označevalci propozicijske vsebine ipd., so bili v zadnjih desetletjih deležni precejšnje pozornosti raziskovalcev. Toda izrazi, ki imajo svoj izvor v religiji, kot so bog, hudič, marija, madona ipd., s pragmatične perspektive niso bili sistematično raziskani, čeprav jih v vsakdanji govorni komunikaciji pogosteje uporabljamo v nereligioznem pomenu, kot vrsto pragmatičnih izrazov, kakor v njihovem izvornem religioznem pomenu. Raziskava temelji na slovenskem referenčnem govornem korpusu GOS in zajame najpogostejše krščanske izraze, ki jih najdemo v njem. To so: bog, bože, marija, madona, jezus, hudič, vrag. Osvetliti skušamo, v kakšnih kontekstih so ti izrazi rabljeni in kakšne so njihove pragmatične vloge.
Secondary keywords:	slovenščina;govorjeni jezik;analiza diskurza;korpusno jezikoslovje;krščansko besedišče;verski izrazi;slovène;oral;analyse du discours;linguistique de corpus;vocabulaire chrétien;expressions religieuses;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 267-281
Issue:	52
Chronology:	2012
DOI:	10.4312/linguistica.52.1.267-281
ID:	9091577