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Publication details [#39033]

Ameka, Felix K. 1987. A comparative analysis of linguistic routines in two languages: English and ewe. Journal of Pragmatics 11 : 299–326.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

crosscultural communication | crosslinguistic perspective | pragmatic competence | routine | speech community

Language as a subject

English | Ewe

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper focuses on the socio-cultural aspects of the meaning of linguistic routines and on the way that these influence their use. A comparative analysis is provided of functionally equivalent formula's in English and Ewe.