Meksykanski albur w etnopragmatycznej perspektywie
The Mexican albur in ethnopragmatic perspective
Author(s): Justyna Tomczak-BoczkoSubject(s): Semantics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: ethnopragmatics; cultural scripts; Mexico; albur;
Summary/Abstract: The article aims to provide a semantic explication of the Mexican albur, a fight of words, and the discursive practices that it involves. Albur is described here as a cultural phenomenon, a social practice, a speech act, and a linguistic behaviour. Traditional theories of humour are considered inadequate for its description (they are characterised by a multiplicity of categories, vague criteria, and excessive descriptiveness). The author proposes to use the ethnopragmatic approach, with its cultural scripts, i.e. cultural norms, attitudes and background knowledge, common to a given community and reflected in language.
Journal: Etnolingwistyka. Problemy Języka I Kultury
- Issue Year: 32/2020
- Issue No: 32
- Page Range: 143-156
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish