"Just tell us what to do": Southern African face and its relevance to intercultural communication

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2158-2171

  Grainger, Karen ^a   Mills, Sara ^a   Sibanda, Mandla ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Southern E Media Education and Arts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Communication; Face; Hlonipha; Intercultural; Ubuntu

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953023805     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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