The Socio-Pragmatics of Greetings in Turkish Folktales

ÇETİN S.

Fabula, vol.63, no.3-4, pp.309-342, 2022 (AHCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 63 Issue: 3-4
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/fabula-2022-0019
  • Journal Name: Fabula
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.309-342
  • Uşak University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Greetings are linguistic and cultural universals. Every language and culture has a set of formulas or social and ritual acts practiced as greetings. Although cultural practices of greeting to achieve particular social goals may vary, the act of greeting, the paradigm itself, can be examined under two communicative functions. (1) trust/safety providing and (2) the power manipulation. This study examines greetings in Turkish folk tales and figures out their socio-pragmatic dynamics based on politeness theory and speech act theory.