Areal cultural scripts for social interaction in West African communities

Intercultural Pragmatics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-187

  Ameka, Felix K ^a   Breedveld, Anneke ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultural scripts; Ewe; Fulfulde; Interactional taboo; Names; Speech area; Triadic communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248715979     PISSN: 1612295X     EISSN: 1613365X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/iprg.2004.1.2.167     Document Type: Article

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