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<p>Beyond the communicative function of death notices, to informe about a death case, one will be repeatedly surprised by auxiliary functions of this category of private notices. The following article analizes from an intercultural perspective the representation of the (professional) identity in obituaries and death notices pertaining to a Romanian and a German corpus – the achievements attained to in the job environment and – in case of a blurred or merely outlined professional identity – on interests outside of one’s job, which were cherished by the deceased to the effect of shaping and defining him.</p>
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Beyond the communicative function of death notices, to informe about a death case, one will be repeatedly surprised by auxiliary functions of this category of private notices. The following article analizes from an intercultural perspective the representation of the (professional) identity in obituaries and death notices pertaining to a Romanian and a German corpus – the achievements attained to in the job environment and – in case of a blurred or merely outlined professional identity – on interests outside of one’s job, which were cherished by the deceased to the effect of shaping and defining him.

„Dann leg’ ich meinen Hobel hin...”. Nachrufe und Todesanzeigen mit Tätigkeitsbezug aus interkultureller Sicht

Germanistische Beiträge

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Beyond the communicative function of death notices, to informe about a death case, one will be repeatedly surprised by auxiliary functions of this category of...

„Dann leg’ ich meinen Hobel hin...”. Nachrufe und Todesanzeigen mit Tätigkeitsbezug aus interkultureller Sicht

Pubblicato online: 18 lug 2019

Pagine: 224 - 240

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2019-0014

Parole chiave
obituaries, death notices, intercultural perspective, profession, identity, linguistic representation

© 2019 Cristina Mihail, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

„Dann leg’ ich meinen Hobel hin...”. Nachrufe und Todesanzeigen mit Tätigkeitsbezug aus interkultureller Sicht

Pubblicato online: 18 lug 2019

Pagine: 224 - 240

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2019-0014

Parole chiaveobituaries, death notices, intercultural perspective, profession, identity, linguistic representation

© 2019 Cristina Mihail, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
obituaries, death notices, intercultural perspective, profession, identity, linguistic representation