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Language in African social interaction : indirectness in Akan communication / Samuel Gyasi Obeng.
Van Pelt Library PL8046.A631 O26 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Obeng, Samuel Gyasi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Akan language--Spoken Akan.
- Akan language--Discourse analysis.
- Akan language.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 183 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- Introductory concepts
- Indirection in informal conversation
- My eyes outstripped my brows; guilt is mine: indirection in apologies
- Hiding behind veiled words in requestive events
- Indirection in advising
- Indirection through pronoun mismatching
- Indirection in dispute settlements
- Obliqueness in political communication
- Speaking the unspeakable through onomasiology
- Conclusions and implications for politeness theory.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1590337832
- OCLC:
- 52542593
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