Politeness : the case study of apologies and requests an inter-generation cross-sex study in the Hindu sector of the South African Indian English speaking community.

Politeness : the case study of apologies and requests an inter-generation cross-sex study in the Hindu sector of the South African Indian English speaking community.

The aim of this study is to investigate politeness phenomena within the Hindu sector of the South African Indian English speaking community. The study focuses on the understanding of politeness within the target community and whether this understanding has changed over the past generation. It also e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bharuthram, Sharita.
Other Authors: De Kadt, Elizabeth.
Language:en
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Etiquette.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Social interaction > South Africa.
Conversation analysis.
Indians > South Africa > Social life and customs.
Theses > Linguistics.
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5219

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5219

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