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| location = Iran | | location = Iran | ||
| imagemap = Iran map.png | | imagemap = Iran map.png | ||
| categories = [[:Category: Iran|Iran]] – [[:Category: Middle East| Middle East]] – [[:Category: MENA region| MENA region]] – [[:Category: Etiquette| Etiquette]] – [[:Category: Hospitality| Hospitality]] – [[:Category: Conformity| Conformity]] – [[:Category: Lock-in effect| Lock-in effect]] – [[:Category: Norms| Norms]] – [[:Category: Status| Status]] – [[:Category: Ethnicity| Ethnicity]] | | categories = [[:Category: Iran|Iran]] – [[:Category: Middle East| Middle East]] – [[:Category: MENA region| MENA region]] – [[:Category: Etiquette| Etiquette]] – [[:Category: Hospitality| Hospitality]] – [[:Category: Conformity| Conformity]] – [[:Category: Lock-in effect| Lock-in effect]] – [[:Category: Norms| Norms]] – [[:Category: Status| Status]] – [[:Category: Ethnicity| Ethnicity]] – [[:Category: Food| Food]] | ||
| authorofpiece = Amir Sayadabdi and Saman Hassibi | | authorofpiece = Amir Sayadabdi and Saman Hassibi | ||
| authorinstitution = University of Canterbury, New Zealand | | authorinstitution = University of Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
| website = | | website = | ||
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'''By Amir Sayadabdi and Saman Hassibi, University of Canterbury, New Zealand''' | <big>'''By Amir Sayadabdi and Saman Hassibi, University of Canterbury, New Zealand'''</big> | ||
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Guest: You have the authority [to say anything you like], but what you said [about the food not being good] can’t be further from the truth. I’m not doing ''ta’arof'', I swear to God. But now that you’re being too kind, I’ll humbly accept. I’ll have a little more, just for your sake (''be khāter-e gol-e ru-ye šomā'', lit. ʻjust for your flower-like faceʼ). | Guest: You have the authority [to say anything you like], but what you said [about the food not being good] can’t be further from the truth. I’m not doing ''ta’arof'', I swear to God. But now that you’re being too kind, I’ll humbly accept. I’ll have a little more, just for your sake (''be khāter-e gol-e ru-ye šomā'', lit. ʻjust for your flower-like faceʼ). | ||
Host: You’re too kind (bande-navāzi mifarmā’id, lit. ʻyou’re too kind to your servantʼ).</blockquote> | Host: You’re too kind (''bande-navāzi mifarmā’id'', lit. ʻyou’re too kind to your servantʼ).</blockquote> | ||
In a case of ''ta’arof'', interacting parties use elaborate verbal skills to indicate a lower, dependent, or even subservient status for themselves while elevating the status of the addressee. Engaging in continuous, back-and-forth exchanges of making or rejecting offers, giving or returning compliments, and trying to outdo one another in generosity can sometimes verge on the aggressive (Beeman 2017). Iranian humourists sometimes liken ''ta’arof'' to a ‘war’ or a ‘battle’ in which only the victor enjoys pride. For example, in his comic piece Iranian Hospitality Attack, Taghavi (1998) refers to situations involving ''ta’arof'' by writing: | In a case of ''ta’arof'', interacting parties use elaborate verbal skills to indicate a lower, dependent, or even subservient status for themselves while elevating the status of the addressee. Engaging in continuous, back-and-forth exchanges of making or rejecting offers, giving or returning compliments, and trying to outdo one another in generosity can sometimes verge on the aggressive (Beeman 2017). Iranian humourists sometimes liken ''ta’arof'' to a ‘war’ or a ‘battle’ in which only the victor enjoys pride. For example, in his comic piece Iranian Hospitality Attack, Taghavi (1998) refers to situations involving ''ta’arof'' by writing: | ||