The Pragmeme of Accommodation: The Case of Interaction around the Event of Death

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The Pragmeme of Accommodation: The Case of Interaction around the Event of Death is written by Vahid Parvaresh and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319557599 (ISBN 10) and 9783319557595 (ISBN 13).

This volume brings together a wide array of papers which explore, among other things, to what extent languages and cultures are variable with respect to the interactions around the event of death. Motivated by J. L. Mey’s idea of the pragmeme, a situated speech act, the volume has both theoretical and practical implications for scholars working in different fields of enquiry. As the papers in this volume reveal, despite the terminological differences between various disciplines, the interactions around the event of death serve to provide solace, not only to the dying, but also to the family and friends of the deceased, thus helping them to “accommodate” to the new state of affairs.