THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CEREMONIAL DISCOURSE

Recent concepts and findings from conversation analysis are used as the point of departure in studying the social structure of Nobel Ceremonies. Six predictions about such ceremonies are derived from prior work on responses to compliments in ordinary conversations. Data obtained from the published t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Sociology (Oxford) 1984-11, Vol.18 (4), p.531-549
Main Author: Mulkay, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banquets
Celebrations
Ceremonies
Ceremony/Ceremonies/Ceremonial/Ceremonialism
Compliments
Converse/Conversation/ Conversational
Discourse
Nobel Prizes
Nonscience
Political discourse
Political discourse analysis
Social interaction
Social structures
Sociology
Sociology of communication and mass media. Sociolinguistics
Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c401t-dc19842369fa13a3fdc8efed46740c69959dba1c7a933d2c45200e590d5cb1583
cites cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c401t-dc19842369fa13a3fdc8efed46740c69959dba1c7a933d2c45200e590d5cb1583
container_end_page 549
container_issue 4
container_start_page 531
container_title Sociology (Oxford)
container_volume 18
creator Mulkay, Michael
description Recent concepts and findings from conversation analysis are used as the point of departure in studying the social structure of Nobel Ceremonies. Six predictions about such ceremonies are derived from prior work on responses to compliments in ordinary conversations. Data obtained from the published texts of Les Prix Nobel confirm these predictions. It is shown that participants use the same forms of discourse to construct informal complimentary exchanges and celebratory rituals, such as the Nobel Ceremonies. It is suggested that the social structure of such ceremonies is indistinguishable from these regular patterns of discourse and that this is one reason why it has proved to be so fruitful to proceed in this analysis from the organisation of ordinary conversations to the structure of complex interactions.
doi_str_mv 10.1177/0038038584018004005
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>jstor_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_61073985</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><jstor_id>42852981</jstor_id><sage_id>10.1177_0038038584018004005</sage_id><sourcerecordid>42852981</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c401t-dc19842369fa13a3fdc8efed46740c69959dba1c7a933d2c45200e590d5cb1583</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNp9kFFLwzAUhYMoOKe_QISC6Fv1pknaxLdSO1doV1m7B59Klqaysa3abA_-ezM6VES8BC6E75x7OAhdYrjDOAjuAQi3j3EKmANQAHaEBpj6wuU-p8dosCfcPXKKzoxZgh3O2QCNy3HszNIyycIydqI8e06TLJ6UD07oFHmU5Gn-lERh6oSTMH0pksLJR04UT-MsnyT2-zEponw2LeJzdNLIldEXhz1Es1FcRmP3YOAqm23r1goLTj3ii0ZiIklTK64bXVM_oKB8IZio5xKrQApCak9R5gFoJqBmao4ZJ0N02_u-de37TptttV4YpVcrudHtzlQ-hoAIzix4_QtctrtuY7NV2LMAA2xLGSLSU6prjel0U711i7XsPioM1b7b6o9urerm4C2Nkqumkxu1MN9SDygmAbUc9JyRr_rH_X-tr3rJ0mzb7suSepzZ1Jh8AkPSh1g</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1298550100</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CEREMONIAL DISCOURSE</title><source>SAGE Deep Backfile 2012</source><source>JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection</source><source>Sociological Abstracts</source><creator>Mulkay, Michael</creator><creatorcontrib>Mulkay, Michael</creatorcontrib><description>Recent concepts and findings from conversation analysis are used as the point of departure in studying the social structure of Nobel Ceremonies. Six predictions about such ceremonies are derived from prior work on responses to compliments in ordinary conversations. Data obtained from the published texts of Les Prix Nobel confirm these predictions. It is shown that participants use the same forms of discourse to construct informal complimentary exchanges and celebratory rituals, such as the Nobel Ceremonies. It is suggested that the social structure of such ceremonies is indistinguishable from these regular patterns of discourse and that this is one reason why it has proved to be so fruitful to proceed in this analysis from the organisation of ordinary conversations to the structure of complex interactions.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0038-0385</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1469-8684</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1177/0038038584018004005</identifier><identifier>CODEN: SLGYA5</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>London: British Sociological Association Publications Limited</publisher><subject>Banquets ; Celebrations ; Ceremonies ; Ceremony/Ceremonies/Ceremonial/Ceremonialism ; Compliments ; Converse/Conversation/ Conversational ; Discourse ; Nobel Prizes ; Nonscience ; Political discourse ; Political discourse analysis ; Social interaction ; Social structures ; Sociology ; Sociology of communication and mass media. Sociolinguistics ; Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture</subject><ispartof>Sociology (Oxford), 1984-11, Vol.18 (4), p.531-549</ispartof><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c401t-dc19842369fa13a3fdc8efed46740c69959dba1c7a933d2c45200e590d5cb1583</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c401t-dc19842369fa13a3fdc8efed46740c69959dba1c7a933d2c45200e590d5cb1583</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42852981$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/42852981$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,21826,27903,27904,33754,45061,45449,58216,58449</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttp://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=getRecordDetail&amp;idt=12041374$$DView record in Pascal Francis$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Mulkay, Michael</creatorcontrib><title>THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CEREMONIAL DISCOURSE</title><title>Sociology (Oxford)</title><description>Recent concepts and findings from conversation analysis are used as the point of departure in studying the social structure of Nobel Ceremonies. Six predictions about such ceremonies are derived from prior work on responses to compliments in ordinary conversations. Data obtained from the published texts of Les Prix Nobel confirm these predictions. It is shown that participants use the same forms of discourse to construct informal complimentary exchanges and celebratory rituals, such as the Nobel Ceremonies. It is suggested that the social structure of such ceremonies is indistinguishable from these regular patterns of discourse and that this is one reason why it has proved to be so fruitful to proceed in this analysis from the organisation of ordinary conversations to the structure of complex interactions.</description><subject>Banquets</subject><subject>Celebrations</subject><subject>Ceremonies</subject><subject>Ceremony/Ceremonies/Ceremonial/Ceremonialism</subject><subject>Compliments</subject><subject>Converse/Conversation/ Conversational</subject><subject>Discourse</subject><subject>Nobel Prizes</subject><subject>Nonscience</subject><subject>Political discourse</subject><subject>Political discourse analysis</subject><subject>Social interaction</subject><subject>Social structures</subject><subject>Sociology</subject><subject>Sociology of communication and mass media. Sociolinguistics</subject><subject>Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture</subject><issn>0038-0385</issn><issn>1469-8684</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>1984</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>BHHNA</sourceid><recordid>eNp9kFFLwzAUhYMoOKe_QISC6Fv1pknaxLdSO1doV1m7B59Klqaysa3abA_-ezM6VES8BC6E75x7OAhdYrjDOAjuAQi3j3EKmANQAHaEBpj6wuU-p8dosCfcPXKKzoxZgh3O2QCNy3HszNIyycIydqI8e06TLJ6UD07oFHmU5Gn-lERh6oSTMH0pksLJR04UT-MsnyT2-zEponw2LeJzdNLIldEXhz1Es1FcRmP3YOAqm23r1goLTj3ii0ZiIklTK64bXVM_oKB8IZio5xKrQApCak9R5gFoJqBmao4ZJ0N02_u-de37TptttV4YpVcrudHtzlQ-hoAIzix4_QtctrtuY7NV2LMAA2xLGSLSU6prjel0U711i7XsPioM1b7b6o9urerm4C2Nkqumkxu1MN9SDygmAbUc9JyRr_rH_X-tr3rJ0mzb7suSepzZ1Jh8AkPSh1g</recordid><startdate>198411</startdate><enddate>198411</enddate><creator>Mulkay, Michael</creator><general>British Sociological Association Publications Limited</general><general>British Sociological Association</general><general>Sage</general><general>Clarendon Press</general><scope>IQODW</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>HDMVH</scope><scope>IOIBA</scope><scope>K30</scope><scope>PAAUG</scope><scope>PAWHS</scope><scope>PAWZZ</scope><scope>PAXOH</scope><scope>PBHAV</scope><scope>PBQSW</scope><scope>PBYQZ</scope><scope>PCIWU</scope><scope>PCMID</scope><scope>PCZJX</scope><scope>PDGRG</scope><scope>PDWWI</scope><scope>PETMR</scope><scope>PFVGT</scope><scope>PGXDX</scope><scope>PIHIL</scope><scope>PISVA</scope><scope>PJCTQ</scope><scope>PJTMS</scope><scope>PLCHJ</scope><scope>PMHAD</scope><scope>PNQDJ</scope><scope>POUND</scope><scope>PPLAD</scope><scope>PQAPC</scope><scope>PQCAN</scope><scope>PQCMW</scope><scope>PQEME</scope><scope>PQHKH</scope><scope>PQMID</scope><scope>PQNCT</scope><scope>PQNET</scope><scope>PQSCT</scope><scope>PQSET</scope><scope>PSVJG</scope><scope>PVMQY</scope><scope>PZGFC</scope><scope>7U4</scope><scope>BHHNA</scope><scope>DWI</scope><scope>WZK</scope></search><sort><creationdate>198411</creationdate><title>THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CEREMONIAL DISCOURSE</title><author>Mulkay, Michael</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c401t-dc19842369fa13a3fdc8efed46740c69959dba1c7a933d2c45200e590d5cb1583</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>1984</creationdate><topic>Banquets</topic><topic>Celebrations</topic><topic>Ceremonies</topic><topic>Ceremony/Ceremonies/Ceremonial/Ceremonialism</topic><topic>Compliments</topic><topic>Converse/Conversation/ Conversational</topic><topic>Discourse</topic><topic>Nobel Prizes</topic><topic>Nonscience</topic><topic>Political discourse</topic><topic>Political discourse analysis</topic><topic>Social interaction</topic><topic>Social structures</topic><topic>Sociology</topic><topic>Sociology of communication and mass media. Sociolinguistics</topic><topic>Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Mulkay, Michael</creatorcontrib><collection>Pascal-Francis</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 15</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segment 29</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - International</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - West</collection><collection>Periodicals Index Online Segments 1-50</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - MEA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Canada</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - West</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - EMEALA</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Midwest</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - North Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Northeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - South Central</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access &amp; Build (Plan A) - Southeast</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access (Plan D) - UK / I</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - APAC</collection><collection>Primary Sources Access—Foundation Edition (Plan E) - MEA</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (pre-2017)</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts</collection><collection>Sociological Abstracts (Ovid)</collection><jtitle>Sociology (Oxford)</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Mulkay, Michael</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CEREMONIAL DISCOURSE</atitle><jtitle>Sociology (Oxford)</jtitle><date>1984-11</date><risdate>1984</risdate><volume>18</volume><issue>4</issue><spage>531</spage><epage>549</epage><pages>531-549</pages><issn>0038-0385</issn><eissn>1469-8684</eissn><coden>SLGYA5</coden><abstract>Recent concepts and findings from conversation analysis are used as the point of departure in studying the social structure of Nobel Ceremonies. Six predictions about such ceremonies are derived from prior work on responses to compliments in ordinary conversations. Data obtained from the published texts of Les Prix Nobel confirm these predictions. It is shown that participants use the same forms of discourse to construct informal complimentary exchanges and celebratory rituals, such as the Nobel Ceremonies. It is suggested that the social structure of such ceremonies is indistinguishable from these regular patterns of discourse and that this is one reason why it has proved to be so fruitful to proceed in this analysis from the organisation of ordinary conversations to the structure of complex interactions.</abstract><cop>London</cop><pub>British Sociological Association Publications Limited</pub><doi>10.1177/0038038584018004005</doi><tpages>19</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0038-0385
ispartof Sociology (Oxford), 1984-11, Vol.18 (4), p.531-549
issn 0038-0385
1469-8684
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_61073985
source SAGE Deep Backfile 2012; JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection; Sociological Abstracts
subjects Banquets
Celebrations
Ceremonies
Ceremony/Ceremonies/Ceremonial/Ceremonialism
Compliments
Converse/Conversation/ Conversational
Discourse
Nobel Prizes
Nonscience
Political discourse
Political discourse analysis
Social interaction
Social structures
Sociology
Sociology of communication and mass media. Sociolinguistics
Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture
title THE ULTIMATE COMPLIMENT: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CEREMONIAL DISCOURSE
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-27T12%3A58%3A18IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-jstor_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=THE%20ULTIMATE%20COMPLIMENT:%20A%20SOCIOLOGICAL%20ANALYSIS%20OF%20CEREMONIAL%20DISCOURSE&rft.jtitle=Sociology%20(Oxford)&rft.au=Mulkay,%20Michael&rft.date=1984-11&rft.volume=18&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=531&rft.epage=549&rft.pages=531-549&rft.issn=0038-0385&rft.eissn=1469-8684&rft.coden=SLGYA5&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/0038038584018004005&rft_dat=%3Cjstor_proqu%3E42852981%3C/jstor_proqu%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c401t-dc19842369fa13a3fdc8efed46740c69959dba1c7a933d2c45200e590d5cb1583%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1298550100&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_jstor_id=42852981&rft_sage_id=10.1177_0038038584018004005&rfr_iscdi=true