The Pragmatics of Hypocrisy
Editors
As a first attempt to date, this book addresses the notion of hypocrisy from a pragmatic perspective and devises a comprehensive model of verbal hypocrisy. The studies included adopt emic and etic approaches in order to contribute jointly towards an understanding of what appears to be a ubiquitous and multifaceted phenomenon. Going beyond hypocrisy as a mere moral vice, this volume establishes its pragmatic space and confronts it with adjacent notions which, unlike hypocrisy, have been subject to pragmatic examination. The Pragmatics of Hypocrisy is of interest to students and scholars in pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, rhetoric, communication and media studies, as well as corpus linguistics, and by its transdisciplinary nature, to researchers in philosophy, sociology, and political science. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in the interplay between language, culture and society, across varieties and registers of English.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 343] 2024. viii, 268 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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List of contributors | pp. vii–viii
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Part I. Introducing and theorizing hypocrisy
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Chapter 1. Introduction to hypocrisySandrine Sorlin and Tuija Virtanen | pp. 2–14
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Chapter 2. A pragmatic model of hypocrisySandrine Sorlin and Tuija Virtanen | pp. 15–42
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Part II. Metapragmatic approaches to hypocrisy
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Chapter 3. Politics, religion, and drama: Exploring the metapragmatics of hypocrisyMathew Gillings | pp. 44–73
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Chapter 4. “Ding ding ding we have a hypocrite!”: The metapragmatics of verbal hypocrisy in discussion forum interactionSanna-Kaisa Tanskanen | pp. 74–95
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Part III. Hypocrisy and authenticity in political and public discourse
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Chapter 5. Hypocrisy, authenticity, and the rhetorical dynamics of populismMartin Gill | pp. 98–124
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Chapter 6. Apology as hypocrisy: Examples from Bill Clinton and Donald TrumpHelena Halmari | pp. 124–160
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Part IV. Benign hypocrisy
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Chapter 7. Ostensible offers, politeness and sincere hypocrisyMichael Haugh | pp. 162–186
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Chapter 8. Pretending to pretend: Performing “autohypocrisy” in online discourseTuija Virtanen | pp. 187–211
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Part V. The ubiquity of hypocrisy
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Chapter 9. The – mostly – brighter side of hypocrisy and the concept of faceJim O’Driscoll | pp. 214–230
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Chapter 10. A plea for hypocrisy: Pragma-philosophical considerationsSandrine Sorlin | pp. 231–253
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Part VI. Closing
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Chapter 11. An epilogue and note on cross-cultural hypocrisyJonathan Culpeper | pp. 256–263
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Index | pp. 265–268
Subjects
Communication Studies
Philosophy
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009030: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics