Publications

Publication details [#3829]

Goffman, Erving. 1978. Response cries. Language 54 (4) : 787–815.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conventionality | cursing | response-cry | talk-to-self

Annotation

A study of the conditions under which public self-talk can be engaged in and imprecations and response cries (such as the spill cry and revulsion sounds) can be uttered. It is shown that all three varieties of ejaculatory expression are conventionalized as to form, occasion of occurrence, and social function.

Reprints

Baugh, John and Joel Sherzer. 1984. In Baugh, John and Joel Sherzer, eds. Language in use: Readings in sociolinguistics. Prentice-Hall. pp. 100–126.