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Publication details [#14894]

Meyerhoff, Miriam. 1999. Sorry in the Pacific: Defining communities, defining practices. Language in Society 28 (2) : 225–238.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
apologizing | community of practice | group interaction | politeness | speech community | women's language
Language as a subject
Creole, Bislama
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Three functions of apology routines in Bislama creole are analyzed in terms of politeness theory. The gender differences in this type of apology behavior do not constitute a female community of practice. It is found that the notion of speech community and intergroup distinctiveness explain this type of variation more adequately.