A critical analysis of ‘face’-managing factors in isiZulu idioms
People have an inherent need to communicate. They communicate out of need as well as for leisure. Human speech abounds with unpleasant and undesirable statements that could embarrass and even humiliate those spoken to or oneself. Brown and Levinson assert that unpleasant and undesirable statements h...
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2015-11-01
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| Series: | Literator |
| Online Access: | https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/1150 |