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Language in African Social Interaction
Samuel Gyasi Obeng
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Description for Language in African Social Interaction
Hardcover. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
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 book explores various linguistic and discursive devices speakers employ when ... Read more
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 book explores various linguistic and discursive devices speakers employ when ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
183
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
183
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781590337837
SKU
V9781590337837
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