A Communicative Event Analysis of a Greek Family Gathering

This paper focuses on a communicative event, namely that of a Greek family gathering.Hyme's (1974) SPEAKING framework is used as it provides the basis for a systematic analysis and considers the cultural milieu within which the communicative event occurs.To complement this analysis, Hofstede's (1984, 2011) cultural dimensions are used to help understand the cultural drop back against which this event takes place.The overall aim is for the analysis of this communicative event to contribute to a more thorough understanding of language use in a social-cultural context as valuable information on the social-linguistic behavior of people within a specific speech community.