Jim O'Driscoll

List of John Benjamins publications for which Jim O'Driscoll plays a role.

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O'Driscoll, Jim 2024 Chapter 9. The – mostly – brighter side of hypocrisy and the concept of faceThe Pragmatics of Hypocrisy, Sorlin, Sandrine and Tuija Virtanen (eds.), pp. 214–230 | Chapter
This chapter considers the relation between hypocrisy and the concept of face. It is argued that face is an ideal lens through which to view both the inevitability of hypocrisy and also its various hues. This inevitability is the result of the unavoidability of face in interaction. Face is more… read more
This paper raises concerns about the tenor of 21st century interaction by identifying a tendency whereby relatively innocuous, canonically private communication is transformed into public communication deemed offensive enough to attract institutional or legal sanction. To understand examples of… read more
O'Driscoll, Jim 2009 Erving GoffmanThe Pragmatics of Interaction, D’hondt, Sigurd, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 79–95 | Article
O'Driscoll, Jim 2005 Erving GoffmanHandbook of Pragmatics: 2003–2005 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–21 | Article
O'Driscoll, Jim 2000 Sociolinguistics in a straitjacketFunctions of Language 7:1, pp. 133–148 | Review article