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Title: The cultural semantics of "sociality" terms in Australian English, with contrastive reference to French
Contributor(s): Waters, Sophia  (author)orcid ; Goddard, Cliff  (supervisor); Ellis, Elizabeth  (supervisor)
Conferred Date: 2015
Copyright Date: 2014
Thesis Restriction Date until: Access restricted until 2022-01-27
Open Access: No
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16834
Abstract: This thesis investigates the lexical semantics of nice and a set of other superficially "simple" sociality concepts (rude, polite and manners) in Australian English. When appropriately analysed, these words reveal much about the socially accepted and approved ways of behaving in Australian society. As expected of heavily culture-laden words, nice and rude lack precise translation equivalents in many languages and can be regarded as cultural key words (Levisen & Waters, Forthcoming; Wierzbicka 1997, 2010). The comparative reference to French (for example, nice vs. gentil lit. 'kind', rude vs. mal élevé lit. 'badly brought up') highlights differences in ways of behaving and construals of sociality.
Publication Type: Thesis Doctoral
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 200405 Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 470411 Sociolinguistics
470408 Lexicography and semantics
470405 Discourse and pragmatics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130201 Communication across languages and culture
130202 Languages and linguistics
280116 Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture
Rights Statement: Copyright 2014 - Sophia Elizabeth Waters
Open Access Embargo: 2022-01-27
HERDC Category Description: T2 Thesis - Doctorate by Research
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