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- Title
The socio-cultural concept of face in Akan communication.
- Authors
Agyekum, Kofi
- Abstract
The paper examines the metaphorical expressions derived from anim 'face' in Akan, a major language in Ghana. It analyses and discusses face metaphoric expressions in relation with the universal concept analysed by Face Theory. The paper projects this concept onto the Akan cultural system and looks at how the concept is used in Akan communicative interaction. The sociolinguistics and pragmatics of anim are considered. In particular,it focuses on face-to-face interaction and the typical situations and discourses within the Akan speech community where the concept of face plays a role.
- Subjects
GHANA; AFRICAN languages; LANGUAGE &; culture; PHILOSOPHY of language; GENERAL semantics; PRAGMATICS
- Publication
Pragmatics & Cognition, 2004, Vol 12, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
0929-0907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/pc.12.1.06agy