The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan
The Akan cherish people who are grateful. The paper addresses the language of thanking in Akan under expressive speech acts and linguistic routines. The paper gives ethnographic situations and communicative events for thanking including, (1) thanking after child birth; (2) thanking in joyful occasi...
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2010-06-01
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The Akan cherish people who are grateful. The paper addresses the language of thanking in Akan under expressive speech acts and linguistic routines. The paper gives ethnographic situations and communicative events for thanking including, (1) thanking after child birth; (2) thanking in joyful occasions: marriage and wedding; survival from accidents, achievements, promotions, bequeathing of properties, (3) funeral activities, (4) thanking after arbitration, (5) ironical thanking (indirect thanking), and (6) thanking at the shrine. We will consider socio-cultural functions and the current state of thanking in Akan society.
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| spelling | doaj.art-514074d14fdd4411b32c6bb4fdf98df02023-09-03T13:15:34ZengNordic Africa Research NetworkNordic Journal of African Studies1459-94652010-06-0119210.53228/njas.v19i2.204The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in AkanKofi Agyekum0University of Ghana, Ghana The Akan cherish people who are grateful. The paper addresses the language of thanking in Akan under expressive speech acts and linguistic routines. The paper gives ethnographic situations and communicative events for thanking including, (1) thanking after child birth; (2) thanking in joyful occasions: marriage and wedding; survival from accidents, achievements, promotions, bequeathing of properties, (3) funeral activities, (4) thanking after arbitration, (5) ironical thanking (indirect thanking), and (6) thanking at the shrine. We will consider socio-cultural functions and the current state of thanking in Akan society. https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/204 |
| spellingShingle | Kofi Agyekum The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan Nordic Journal of African Studies |
| title | The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan |
| title_full | The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan |
| title_fullStr | The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan |
| title_short | The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan |
| title_sort | sociolinguistics of thanking in akan |
| url | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/204 |
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