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- Title
Politeness in the Yoruba and French Languages.
- Authors
AJAY, Temitope Michael; BALOGUN, Kudrat Olayinka
- Abstract
The concept of politeness is a universal concept which operation or manifestation varies according to the varying cultures and beliefs of people all over the world. Interestingly, many languages that do not belong to the same language family nor situated in the same continent are found to have something in common in the way they express politeness in their culture. Such is the case with the Yoruba and French languages, which, in spite of their differences, manifest similarity in their culture of politeness. This work gives an insight into the similarities and differences that exist in the politeness cultures of the Yoruba and French languages, with particular focus on the use of honorific pronouns. Both languages make use of honorific pronouns to express politeness. However, while the French language has just one honorific pronoun, vous, the Yoruba language has four honorific pronouns, Ẹh , Yính, W'ọ nh, and Wọnh.
- Subjects
SALUTATIONS; LINGUISTIC politeness; YORUBA language; FRENCH language; HONORIFIC (Grammar)
- Publication
International Journal of Language Studies, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 4, p77
- ISSN
2157-4898
- Publication type
Article