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    Language as Practice and Self-Dialogization: Examination of Language and Self in Ta'arof

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    Author
    Abe, Satoshi
    Affiliation
    University of Arizona
    Issue Date
    2006
    Keywords
    ta'arof
    language as practice
    language interactions
    habitus
    language game
    speech acts
    self-dialogization
    perlocutionary
    
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    Arizona Anthropologist 17:114-129. © 2006 Arizona Anthropologist
    Publisher
    University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology
    Journal
    Arizona Anthropologist
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/110027
    Abstract
    The relationship between language and self has interested anthropologists for a long time. They have raised, for example, such questions as follows: Is language (i.e., a corpus of vocabulary words) the representation of one's worldview? Or is it language that affects one's worldview? In this study I attempt to examine the relationship between language and self from a different angle; a self dialogized in the process of language interactions. Although comprehension of language structure (such as grammatical rules) among interlocutors is crucial for communication, there are other elements that influence the ways the individuals communicate. My examination of the Iran language practice of ta'arof, hopefully contributes to an understanding of such elements. In ta'arof, Iranians communicate with one another by conveying what they do not mean to say. Examination of ta'arof allowed me to explore a dynamic mechanism in which a self is dialogized through language interaction. I studied this aspect by using research findings that gathered in Iran and the U.S.
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    1062-1601
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