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Publication details [#65749]

Terkourafi, Marina and Felix K. Ameka. 2019. What if…? Imagining non-Western perspectives on pragmatic theory and practice. Journal of Pragmatics 145 : 72–82.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

As yet, pragmatic theory and practice excessively depend on perceptions of communicative practices in the West. Language use patterns in non-Western communities mainly serve as testing grounds for these theories. Western-influenced theoretical frameworks are not culturally neuter but placed in Western ways of thinking. Ethics practices in pragmatics also echo Western viewpoints and values.