Politeness phenomena: a case of Kiswahili honorifics
This paper discusses Standard Kiswahili honorifics in Nairobi. It used observation as a means of obtaining data in Nairobi where Standard Kiswahili is also spoken. It points out that honorifics are a chief politeness strategy across many discourse domains; Kiswahili honorifics are conspicuously used...
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Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
2012
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| Online Access: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-90916 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-90916 http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/9091/17_10_Habwe.pdf |