As a first attempt to date, this book addresses the notion of hypocrisy from a pragmatic perspective and devises a comprehensive model of verbal hypocrisy. The studies included adopt emic and etic approaches in order to contribute jointly towards an understanding of what appears to be a ubiquitous a...

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1. Verfasser:	Sorlin, Sandrine 1977- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Virtanen, Tuija 1954- (MitwirkendeR)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Amsterdam, Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2024]
Ausgabe:	1st ed.
Schriftenreihe:	Pragmatics and beyond new series volume 343
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-20 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	As a first attempt to date, this book addresses the notion of hypocrisy from a pragmatic perspective and devises a comprehensive model of verbal hypocrisy. The studies included adopt emic and etic approaches in order to contribute jointly towards an understanding of what appears to be a ubiquitous and multifaceted phenomenon. Intro -- Part I Introducing and theorizing hypocrisy -- Chapter 1 Introduction to hypocrisy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hypocrisy as misalignment (of various kinds) -- 3. Hypocrisy as a sham (to varying degrees) -- 4. Aim, rationale and working definition -- 5. Structure and contents -- References -- Chapter 2 A pragmatic model of hypocrisy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Thinking differently about hypocrisy -- 3. A pragmatic analysis -- 4. Proximity to established pragmatic notions -- 4.1 Face -- 4.2 Tact -- 4.3 Flattery -- 4.4 Politeness -- 4.5 Irony -- 4.6 Deception -- 4.7 Lying -- 5. A pragmatic model of hypocrisy -- 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Part II Metapragmatic approaches to hypocrisy -- Chapter 3 Politics, religion, and drama -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Theoretical outlook -- 2.2 Hypocrisy and word-deed misalignment -- 2.3 Research questions -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1 Corpus-based methods -- 3.2 Data -- 4. Results and analysis -- 4.1 Social actors -- 4.2 Religion and morality -- 4.3 Society, social issues, and justice -- 4.4 Class system -- 4.5 Drama -- 4.6 Metaphors -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix. Top 150 collocates of hypocr* in the Times Online: 2000s corpus -- Chapter 4 "Ding ding ding we have a hypocrite!" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hypocrisy -- 3. Metapragmatics -- 4. Material and methods -- 5. Claims of hypocrisy in the discussions on TSR forums -- 5.1 Self-condemnation -- 5.2 Other-directed claims -- 5.2.1 Detection and denial -- 5.2.2 Detection and acknowledgement -- 5.2.3 Detection and disregard -- 6. From double standards to the moral high ground: Causes of claims of hypocrisy -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Part III Hypocrisy and authenticity in political and public discourse -- Chapter 5 Hypocrisy, authenticity, and the rhetorical dynamics of populism -- 1. Introduction.
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 268 Seiten)
ISBN:	9789027247056
DOI:	10.1075/pbns.343