In this chapter we discuss the discursive structure and features of pre-burial visits among the Basotho people. We look at these visits as a pragmatic phenomenon, with a particular focus on the language used and how the social context shapes language use. Language used in these contexts constitutes a particular kind of social action whose function extends well beyond the semantic structure of what is said. The chapter therefore illuminates the significance of language as an action embedded in a particular socio-cultural context.
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Sobane, K., & Adonis, C. (2017). Pre-funeral condolence visits as pragmemes. In Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy and Psychology (Vol. 13, pp. 95–110). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55759-5_6
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