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Verbal Indirection

What is it about?

This article is about how Akan (Ghana) conversational participants say one thing by way of another in order to persuade people, minimize social tensions, and settle personal scores. The paper proves that verbal indirection plays an important role in politeness and in managing interactions

Why is it important?

The article calls into question notions of speaker-hearer and draws attention to triadic and polyadic interactions. It also demonstrates that plain speech may be inappropriate in communicative situation where tensions are high and directness may be inappropriate.

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