Speech etiquette as a linguocultural marker in Kazuo Ishiguro’s prose
Speech etiquette as a linguocultural marker in Kazuo Ishiguro’s prose
Author(s): Karolina LototskaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Lingvokulturologické a prekladateľsko-tlmočnícke centrum excelentnosti pri Filozofickej fakulte Prešovskej university v Prešove (LPTCE)
Keywords: speech etiquette; direct address;apology;request;gratitude;compliment;cultural marker;national-cultural context
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the linguocultural peculiarities of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “An Artist of the Floating World”. Several major positions of speech etiquette in the characters’ discourse have been singled out with a view to further examining them in terms of the use of the English linguistic means of various levels to reflect and convey the realia of the Japanese communicative culture and social behavioral norms. The analysis reveals that the stylistically marked entrusted narrative of the novel is responsible for its original national-cultural and social-historical coloring. It also shows how Kazuo Ishiguro has managed to create an amazing illusion of immersion into the Japanese speech culture by means of the English language.
Journal: Jazyk a kultúra
- Issue Year: 8/2017
- Issue No: 29-30
- Page Range: 84-90
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English