The pragmatics of enthusiasm: Intercultural, societal and Danish perspectives
The aim of this paper is to explore the “pragmatics of enthusiasm”, i.e. the language of eagerness and intensity, from an intercultural-pragmatic perspective. In the... Read More
From asymmetry in talk-in-interaction to power in society: how interactional order meets social order in medical consultations
While the observation of asymmetry has been persistent in research on doctor-patient interaction (cf: Pilnick and Dingwall, 2011), the results do not provide a holistic... Read More
“Not good” implies “bad” but “not bad” doesn’t imply “good”: new insights into the asymmetry of negation
If one is told that something is “not good”, one will likely pragmatically infer that it is pretty bad, whereas if one is told, conversely,... Read More