Language in African social interaction : indirectness in Akan communication /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Obeng, Samuel Gyasi
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2003]
Subjects:	Akan language > Spoken Akan. Akan language > Discourse analysis.

Table of 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.