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Indirectness in Political Discourse

What is it about?

Politicians avoid the obvious and communicate indirectly in order to protect and further their own careers and to gain political and interactional advantage over their political opponents. Indirection is also motivated by face-threat and politeness and may be expressed through evasion, circumlocution, innuendoes, metaphors, etc. The language used, conventions on culture, and the degree of personal danger in socio-political domains all affect the degree of indirectness.

Why is it important?

This work set the scene for a discussion on verbal indirection in an African Institutional (Political) domain.

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