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Sincere backhanded compliments: Exploring social, semiotic and cognitive dimensions of cryptosemic interaction.

机译:真诚的反驳称赞:探索密码学互动的社会,符号和认知层面。

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In polite cultures, praise serves as valuable social currency, yet, some compliments can be counterproductive. My dissertation is dedicated to identifying and analyzing mixed messages in communication called "cryptosemes", with the central focus on popular compliments erected on a problematic premise. A cryptosemic compliment is a message in communication that is routinely exchanged on the virtue of its good intentions, while closer, mindful scrutiny reveals other obscured dimensions of meaning that subvert the implied praise but go unperceived or ignored by all parties involved. Cryptosemic compliments are rooted in deeply internalized, reified notions of what is normal, natural and true and serve as a window into cultural stereotypes and double-standards operating under the veneer of praise. The problematic dimensions of meaning within a cryptosemic compliment lie not in the verbalized content but in the unspoken, "mythologized", mindlessly taken-for-granted presuppositions underlying the words. Drawing on Goffman's concept of "face-work" as well as Brown and Levinson's framework on politeness, I argue that cryptosemic praise is a "face-saving" discourse strategy automatically deployed in reaction to "face threatening social themes" that arise in conversations that either touch upon "controversial" topics or involve socio-culturally diverse participants.;Referencing data from my empirical study, I further probe the hierarchical (vertical and horizontal) relationships and the power dynamics involved in giving, receiving and making sense of cryptosemic praise. Finally, a look at the cognitive structural mechanics of cryptosemes helps shine light onto the neuro-cognitive complexities involved in public self-expression and communication. Relying on Wilson's theory of the "adaptive unconscious", I suggest that there exists a cognitive dissonance on the level of cultural value systems: that popular cryptosemic compliments are a manifestation of an intra-personal conflict between "old" and "new" cultural posits as well as a "communication bypass" between the conscious and unconscious information processing / meaning-making faculties of the mind. An interdisciplinary analysis of cryptosemic praise exposes the subtle but entrenched language of inequality as well as the collective silences surrounding the uncomfortable social topics buried within these seemingly innocuous, socially sanctioned expressions of courtesy.
机译:在礼貌的文化中,赞美是宝贵的社会货币,但是,有些夸奖可能适得其反。我的论文致力于识别和分析通信中被称为“ cryptosemes”的混合消息,主要关注在一个有问题的前提下建立的流行称赞。加密称赞是一种交流信息,通常根据其善意进行交流,而更仔细,仔细的审查则揭示了其他模糊的意义维度,这些意义颠覆了隐含的赞美,但未被所有相关方感知或忽略。密码学上的赞美植根于对内在的,正常的,自然的和真实的,深刻的,内在化的概念的根基上,并成为在赞美的表象下运作的文化成见和双重标准的窗口。密码学称谓中意义的问题性维度不在于语言内容,而是在于词语背后隐含的,未经言语的,“神话化的”,无意识的前提。借鉴高夫曼的“面部表情”概念以及布朗和莱文森的礼貌框架,我认为,密码学赞美是一种“面部保护”话语策略,该策略会自动响应对话中出现的“面部威胁性社会主题”要么涉及“有争议的”主题,要么涉及不同社会文化的参与者。;参考我的经验研究数据,我进一步探讨了在给予,接受和理解密码学赞美中所涉及的等级(纵向和横向)关系和动力动态。最后,看一下密码酶的认知结构机理,有助于了解公众自我表达和交流中涉及的神经认知复杂性。依靠威尔逊关于“适应性无意识”的理论,我认为在文化价值体系的层面上存在认知失调:流行的密码学上的恭维是“旧”与“新”文化假设之间人际冲突的体现。以及有意识和无意识的信息处理/思维能力之间的“交流旁路”。对密码学赞美的跨学科分析揭示了不平等的微妙但根深蒂固的语言,以及隐藏在这些看似无害的,受到社会认可的礼貌表达中围绕不舒服的社会话题的集体沉默。

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  • 作者

    Malyk, Maria V.;

  • 作者单位

    Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick.;

  • 授予单位 Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick.;
  • 学科 Sociolinguistics.;Social psychology.;Social structure.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2014
  • 页码 220 p.
  • 总页数 220
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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