Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles.
Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles is the first collection to focus on socio-pragmatic issues in the Caribbean context, including the socio-cultural rules and principles underlying strategic language use. While the Caribbean has long been recognized as a rich and interesting site where cultura...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Migge, Bettina. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2005. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Politeness and face in Caribbean Creoles
- 3. Part I: Performing rudeness and face maintenance
- 4. The\use of "bad" language as a politeness strategy in a Panamanian Creole village
- 5. Ritualized insults and the African diaspora
- 6. Rude sounds
- 7. Faiya-bon
- 8. Part II: Face attention and the public and private self
- 9. Greeting and social change
- 10. Advice in an Indo-Guyanese village and the interactional organization of uncertainty
- 11. Meaningful routines
- 12. Forms of address in English-lexicon Creoles
- 13. Part III: Socialization and face development
- 14. `May I have the bilna?'
- 15. Learning respect in Guadeloupe
- 16. Notes on contributors
- 17. Index