Language in African Social Interaction: Indirectness in Akan Communication

by Samuel Gyasi Obeng

Overview

Obeng gathered data by tape recording naturally occurring interactional settings in the Akan-speaking areas of Ghana between 1984 and 1994. He examines such issues as why and how verbal indirections are produced and responded to by interlocutors, taking into account matters such as who is involved in the encounter and the purpose for which the conversational participants have convened. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590337837
Publisher:	Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/01/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Prologue	vii
Chapter 1	Introductory Concepts	1
Chapter 2	Indirection in Informal Conversation	23
Chapter 3	My Eyes Outstripped My Brows; Guilt is Mine: Indirection in Apologies	45
Chapter 4	Hiding Behind Veiled Words in Requestive Events	59
Chapter 5	Indirection in Advising	77
Chapter 6	Indirection through Pronoun Mismatching	97
Chapter 7	Indirection in Dispute Settlements	111
Chapter 8	Obliqueness in Political Communication	133
Chapter 9	Speaking the Unspeakable through Onomasiology	149
Chapter 10	Conclusions and Implication for Politeness Theory	161
	Epilogue	167
	References	169
	Index	179