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Publication details [#26591]

Yankah, Kwesi. 1995. Metadiscourse. The framing of avoidance in formal encounters. Text 15 (2) : 229–252.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

avoidance language | ethnography of speaking | face-threatening act | frame

Language as a subject

Akan

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

Thus study focuses on Akan society's sensitivity to face threats, their resulting avoidance discourse (to protect the royal sphere) and their continuous cultural reassessment of communication norms.