Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics

The present study investigates the Compatibility Condition (CC) for multiple expressive elements in Vietnamese. We identify Vietnamese kinship terms, pronouns, and racial slurs as expressives, i.e. conventional implicature (Potts 2005), where different expressive items interact. We find that there a...

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Main Authors: Juliet Huynh, Suwon Yoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52457
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spelling doaj-bac5f1ff9aa1469fb818495955730c1b2020-11-25T01:34:23ZengUniversity of Hawaii PressJournal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society1836-68211836-68212019-12-0112291111 Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic LinguisticsJuliet Huynh0Suwon Yoon1University of Wisconsin at MadisonUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonThe present study investigates the Compatibility Condition (CC) for multiple expressive elements in Vietnamese. We identify Vietnamese kinship terms, pronouns, and racial slurs as expressives, i.e. conventional implicature (Potts 2005), where different expressive items interact. We find that there are co-occurrences of expressives with different attitudes (e.g. weak/strong negative) and with expressive elements that have honorific and antihonorific properties. Under controlled occurrences, we examine what CC is and how it is measured. We propose the CC model and the CC index for occurrences of Vietnamese emotive-expressives and honorific-expressives. Furthermore, the CC may be intentionally flouted as a repair strategy. Finally, we show that emotion and honorific dimensions operate interdependently or autonomously and provide support for autonomy. The implication found is that interaction exists among various Vietnamese expressives, necessitating the compatibility constraint, while supporting multidimensionality (Potts 2005 et seq.), with at least two expressive dimensions.http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52457multidimensionalitycompatibility conditionkinship termspronounsslursemotive vs. honorific expressivesvietnamese
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Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
multidimensionality
compatibility condition
kinship terms
pronouns
slurs
emotive vs. honorific expressives
vietnamese
author_facet Juliet Huynh
Suwon Yoon
author_sort Juliet Huynh
title Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics
title_short Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics
title_full Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics
title_fullStr Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics
title_full_unstemmed Papers from the Seventh International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics
title_sort papers from the seventh international conference on austroasiatic linguistics
publisher University of Hawaii Press
series Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
issn 1836-6821
1836-6821
publishDate 2019-12-01
description The present study investigates the Compatibility Condition (CC) for multiple expressive elements in Vietnamese. We identify Vietnamese kinship terms, pronouns, and racial slurs as expressives, i.e. conventional implicature (Potts 2005), where different expressive items interact. We find that there are co-occurrences of expressives with different attitudes (e.g. weak/strong negative) and with expressive elements that have honorific and antihonorific properties. Under controlled occurrences, we examine what CC is and how it is measured. We propose the CC model and the CC index for occurrences of Vietnamese emotive-expressives and honorific-expressives. Furthermore, the CC may be intentionally flouted as a repair strategy. Finally, we show that emotion and honorific dimensions operate interdependently or autonomously and provide support for autonomy. The implication found is that interaction exists among various Vietnamese expressives, necessitating the compatibility constraint, while supporting multidimensionality (Potts 2005 et seq.), with at least two expressive dimensions.
topic multidimensionality
compatibility condition
kinship terms
pronouns
slurs
emotive vs. honorific expressives
vietnamese
url http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52457
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