Language in African Social Interaction
Indirectness in Akan Communication
In African societies, much as plain or direct language is cherished and highly appreciated because of the pragmatic clarity it offers, implicitness, indirectness, vagueness, prolixity, ambiguity and even avoidance are even more cherished and preferred especially when the subject matter of what is being communicated is difficult or face-threatening. Verbal indirection, the communicational strategy in which interactants abstain from directness in order to avoid crises or in order to communicate 'difficulty', and thus make their utterances consistent with face and politeness, is pervasive in African (Akan) social interaction. This groundbreaking…
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- ISBN: 978-1-59033-783-7
- EAN: 9781590337837
- Produktnummer: 17654477
- Verlag: Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 183 S.
- Masse: H26.3 cm x B18.7 cm x D1.7 cm 582 g
- Gewicht: 582
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