I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I have a master’s degree in Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics and a bachelor’s degree in Romance Languages, both from the Hebrew University. My MA dissertation explored how Hebrew speakers respond to compliments and the role of compliments in the socio-pragmatics of Hebrew.
Areas of interest: Language and Society, Socio-Pragmatics and Political Discourse.
PhD Dissertation: Flattery: The Dark Side of Sociability
Important achievements
2018 - The Presidents scholarship for outstanding PhD students.
2017-2018 - The Communication Department at the Hebrew University Scholarship for doctoral students.
2014-2015: full MA scholarship from Mandel School for Educational Leadership.
2014 - Rector award for MA students.
2012 - Dean award for BA students.
Publications
Journals
Kampf, Z., & Danziger, R. (forthcoming 2021). Interpretive constructs in contrast: The case of flattery in Hebrew and in Palestinian Arabic. Contrastive Pragmatics.
Danziger, R. (2020). The pragmatics of flattery: The strategic use of solidarity-oriented actions. Journal of Pragmatics, 170, 413-425.
Kampf Z, Chudy D, Danziger R, Schreiber M. (2020). “Wait With Falling in Love”: Discursive Evaluation of Amicable Messages Conveyed by Opponents. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. doi:10.1177/0261927X20944977
Kampf, Z., Aldar, L., Danziger, R., & Schreiber, M. (2019). The pragmatics of amicable interstate communication. Intercultural Pragmatics, 16(2), 123-151.
Kampf, Z., & Danziger, R. (2019). ‘You dribble faster than Messi and jump higher than Jordan’: The art of complimenting and praising in political discourse. Journal of Politeness Research, 15(1), 1-23.
Danziger, R. (2018). Compliments and compliment responses in Israeli Hebrew: Hebrew university in Jerusalem students in interaction. Journal of Pragmatics, 124, 73-87.
Chapter in collection
Danziger, R., & Kampf, Z. (2020). Diplomatic compliments and praise on Twitter. Complimenting Behavior and (Self-) Praise across Social Media: New contexts and new insights, 313, 165.
Extras
Teaching Appointments
2020 - Teaching assistant in “Linguistic Communication” at the department of Communications and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2019 –Teaching assistant in “Advanced Methods of Textual Analysis” at the department of Communications and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2013-2015: Teaching assistant in “Introduction to Linguistics” at the Language School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2012-2015: Teaching and research assistant for Dr. Aldina Quintana-Rodriguez of the department of Romance and Latin American Studies.
Academic Activity
2020 – present: Research assistant – Prof. Zohar Kampf and Dr. Gadi Heimann, “What so special about 'special relationships'? The Meaning of Friendship in IR”
2017- Present: Forum coordinator, Discourse Analysis group, the faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Directors: Dr. Zohar Kampf and Dr. Michal Hamo)
2017 - 2020: Research assistant – Prof. Zohar Kampf, “Performing Peace: Understanding the Conditions for Achieving the (Re)conciliatory Consequences of Discursive Actions".
2017: Research assistant – Dr. Christian Baden and Dr. Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, “The Future of Catalonia”.