The Resource Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language, John Haiman
Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language, John Haiman
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- Summary
- Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old 'talk is cheap' maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an expert in irony or sarcasm to realize that people don't necessarily mean what they say. Phrases such as 'Yeah, right' and 'I could care less' are so much a part of the way we speak - and the way we live - that we are more likely to notice when they are absent (for example, Forrest Gump). From our everyday dialogues and conversations ('Thanks a lot!') to the screenplays of our popular films (Pulp Fiction), what is said is frequently very different from what is meant. Talk is Cheap begins with this telling observation and proceeds to argue that such 'unplain speaking' is fundamentally embedded in the way we now talk. Author John Haiman traces this sea-change in our use of language to the emergence of a postmodern 'divided self' who is hyper-conscious that what he or she is saying has been said before; 'cheap talk' thus allows us to distance ourselves from a social role with which we are uncomfortable.; Haiman goes on to examine the full range of these pervasive distancing mechanisms, from cliches and quotation marks to camp and parody. Also, and importantly, Haiman highlights several ways in which language is evolving (and has evolved) from non-linguistic behaviour. In other words, this study shows us how what we are saying is continually separating itself from how we say it. As provocative as it is timely, the book will be fascinating reading for students of linguistics, literature, communication, anthropology, philosophy, and popular culture
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: The Cheapness of Talk
- 1. Sarcasm and the Postmodern Sensibility
- 2. Sarcasm and Its Neighbors
- 3. The Metamessage "I Don't Mean This"
- 4. Alienation and the Divided Self
- 5. Reflexives as Grammatical Signs of the Divided Self
- 6. Un-Plain Speaking
- 7. The Thing in Itself
- 8. Zen Semantics
- 9. Nonlinguistic Ritualization
- 10. Ritualization in Language
- 11. Metalinguistic Ritualization
- 12. Reification and Innateness
- App. Questionnaire for Eliciting Sarcasm
- Isbn
- 9780195115246
- Label
- Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language
- Title
- Talk is cheap
- Title remainder
- sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language
- Statement of responsibility
- John Haiman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Putting aside questions of truth and falsehood, the old 'talk is cheap' maxim carries as much weight as ever. Indeed, perhaps more. For one need not be an expert in irony or sarcasm to realize that people don't necessarily mean what they say. Phrases such as 'Yeah, right' and 'I could care less' are so much a part of the way we speak - and the way we live - that we are more likely to notice when they are absent (for example, Forrest Gump). From our everyday dialogues and conversations ('Thanks a lot!') to the screenplays of our popular films (Pulp Fiction), what is said is frequently very different from what is meant. Talk is Cheap begins with this telling observation and proceeds to argue that such 'unplain speaking' is fundamentally embedded in the way we now talk. Author John Haiman traces this sea-change in our use of language to the emergence of a postmodern 'divided self' who is hyper-conscious that what he or she is saying has been said before; 'cheap talk' thus allows us to distance ourselves from a social role with which we are uncomfortable.; Haiman goes on to examine the full range of these pervasive distancing mechanisms, from cliches and quotation marks to camp and parody. Also, and importantly, Haiman highlights several ways in which language is evolving (and has evolved) from non-linguistic behaviour. In other words, this study shows us how what we are saying is continually separating itself from how we say it. As provocative as it is timely, the book will be fascinating reading for students of linguistics, literature, communication, anthropology, philosophy, and popular culture
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- Haiman, John
- Dewey number
- 401
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- P106
- LC item number
- .H2885 1997eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Language and languages
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Irony
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
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- Language and languages
- Pragmatics
- Semantics
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- Ironie
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- Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language, John Haiman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index
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- online resource
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- Contents
- Introduction: The Cheapness of Talk -- 1. Sarcasm and the Postmodern Sensibility -- 2. Sarcasm and Its Neighbors -- 3. The Metamessage "I Don't Mean This" -- 4. Alienation and the Divided Self -- 5. Reflexives as Grammatical Signs of the Divided Self -- 6. Un-Plain Speaking -- 7. The Thing in Itself -- 8. Zen Semantics -- 9. Nonlinguistic Ritualization -- 10. Ritualization in Language -- 11. Metalinguistic Ritualization -- 12. Reification and Innateness -- App. Questionnaire for Eliciting Sarcasm
- Control code
- 252598275
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- Form of item
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- Isbn
- 9780195115246
- Lccn
- 96040140
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- Media MARC source
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- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)252598275
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Talk is cheap : sarcasm, alienation, and the evolution of language, John Haiman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- other
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Introduction: The Cheapness of Talk -- 1. Sarcasm and the Postmodern Sensibility -- 2. Sarcasm and Its Neighbors -- 3. The Metamessage "I Don't Mean This" -- 4. Alienation and the Divided Self -- 5. Reflexives as Grammatical Signs of the Divided Self -- 6. Un-Plain Speaking -- 7. The Thing in Itself -- 8. Zen Semantics -- 9. Nonlinguistic Ritualization -- 10. Ritualization in Language -- 11. Metalinguistic Ritualization -- 12. Reification and Innateness -- App. Questionnaire for Eliciting Sarcasm
- Control code
- 252598275
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780195115246
- Lccn
- 96040140
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)252598275
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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