Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Editor and Book Reviews Editor: John Edwards (St Francis Xavier University, Canada)
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Volume: 24 Number: 5 Page: 369–385
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Honorifics and Status Indexing in Akan Communication
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Kofi Agyekum
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This paper addresses honorifics as an important aspect of formality, persuasion and politeness in Akan. Akan is a traditional society that attaches greater importance to address forms, honorifics and politeness in speech situations. This paper considers honorifics as a deference system; it
treats types of honorifics and their linguistic forms, such as power-based, solidarity, occupational and gender-based honorifics. I shall also look at some of the ethnographic situations in which honorifics are employed.
Keywords: HONORIFICS, POLITENESS, PERSUASION, FORMALITY, POWER, SOLIDARITY
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