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Publication details [#30238]

Obeng, Samuel Gyasi. 1996. The proverb use as a mitigating and politeness strategy in Akan discourse. Anthropological Linguistics 38 (3) : 521–549.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
discourse analysis | function | politeness | proverb
Language as a subject
Akan
Place, Publisher
Indiana University
ISBN
0003-5483

Annotation

This paper deals with the use of the Akan proverb as a politeness strategy.