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Publication details [#26568]
Yahya-Othman, Saida. 1994. Covering one's social back. Politeness among the Swahili. Text 14 (1) : 141–161.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Journal WWW
Annotation
This paper deals with Swahili politeness strategies that take account of third parties' 'face', and which appear to build on the dominance of social networks.