- AutorIn
- Prof. Dr. John Hamu Habwe
- Titel
- Politeness phenomena: a case of Kiswahili honorifics
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-90916
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili-Forum - 17.2010
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili Forum 17 (2010), S. 126-142
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2010
- Abstract (EN)
- This paper discusses Standard Kiswahili honorifics in Nairobi. It used observation as a means of obtaining data in Nairobi where Standard Kiswahili is also spoken. It points out that honorifics are a chief politeness strategy across many discourse domains; Kiswahili honorifics are conspicuously used and seem easy to learn; honorifics complement other politeness strategies; they are used in both formal and informal encounters. This paper also argues that honorifics in expressing face sav-ing ideals in Kiswahili language have both a social and individual appeal. There is, therefore, a strong suggestion for social face and communal based politeness as opposed to individual polite-ness in Kiswahili. This paper observes that politeness and especially by means of honorifics makes a Kiswahili conversational encounter fruitful. The honorifics also help to define, redefine and sus-tain social strata that are used as a basis of expressing face-saving ideals and politeness in Kiswa-hili and hence contributing to less conflict in interaction and strengthening cohesion in society in question.
- Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Swahili, Ehrentitel, Höflichkeitsstrategien
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Swahili, honorifics, politeness
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 496
- Normschlagwörter (GND)
- Swahili, Honorativ
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- University of Nairobi
- Universität Mainz
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-90916
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 16.08.2012
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch