Figure 1.1A broad categorisation of offer types
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Figure 1.2World Englishes paradigm
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Figure 2.1Kinship relations in postcolonial collectivist cultures
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Figure 3.1Overall use of preparatory acts between Ghana and Cameroon (Situation 1)
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Figure 3.2Head act realisation structures (Situation 1)
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Figure 3.3Overall occurrences of supportive acts (Situation 1)
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Figure 3.4Distribution of offer utterance realisation strategies (Situation 1)
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Figure 3.5Distribution of offer refusal utterance strategies (Situation 1)
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Figure 3.6Use of kinship terms between Ghana and Cameroon (Situation 1)
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Figure 4.1Overall occurrences of supportive acts (Situation 2)
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Figure 4.2Distribution of offer utterance realisation strategies (Situation 2)
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Figure 4.3Distribution of offer refusal realisation strategies (Situation 2)
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Figure 4.4Pairs of kinship asymmetrical relationships
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Figure 5.1Overall use of preparatory acts between Ghana and Cameroon (Situation 3)
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Figure 5.2Overall occurrences of supportive acts (Situation 3)
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Figure 5.3Distribution of offer utterance realisation strategies (Situation 3)
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Figure 5.4Distribution of offer refusal realisation strategies (Situation 3)
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Figure 5.5Use of kinship terms between Ghana and Cameroon (Situation 3)
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Figure 5.6Fear of strangers
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Figure 6.1Language identity layers in postcolonial societies
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Figure 7.1Preparatoy acts between Ghana and Cameroon
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Figure 7.2Supportive acts between Ghana and Cameroon
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Figure 7.3Use of address forms between Ghana and Cameroon
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