Formulae across languages: English greetings, leave-takings and good wishes in dubbed Italian

The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of greetings, leave-takings and good wishes in English film dialogue and in Italian dubbed language. Although these conversational routines are scarcely informative, they play in fact a paramount role in establishing a relational function within interpersonal interactions. Also, we expect possible discrepancies to emerge in the cross-linguistic mapping, due to asymmetry in the respective repertoires of formulae and to asymmetry in the identification of relevant time spans.