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Genre Conventions, Speaker Identities, And Creativity: An Analysis Of Japanese Wedding Speeches

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Conventionalization, Genre, Genre colonization, Japanese discourse, Social roles

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Pragmatics

Volume

15

Issue

2-3

First Page

205

Last Page

228

Abstract

Recent approaches to genre as discourse practice have examined how genres as "orienting frameworks" allow speakers to creatively adapt conventional forms to specific situational contexts. This article analyzes congratulatory speeches at Japanese wedding receptions to show how the interaction of conventionalization and creative contextualization varies across both different parts of the wedding speech and different categories of wedding speakers. The analysis demonstrates how the wedding speech genre provides speakers with a spectrum of performance possibilities which are systematically linked to different speaking roles and social identities.

Department

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

Original Publication Date

1-1-2005

DOI of published version

10.1075/prag.15.2-3.03dun

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