impoliteness: the ghanaian standpoint

Impoliteness: The Ghanaian Standpoint

This paper highlights the folk perception of impoliteness among Ghanaians in view of Watts’ (2003) notion of first order impoliteness. The study showed that impoliteness is not just an opposite of politeness, but the manifestation of non-cooperation, disapproval, and mutual antipathy through certain communicative behaviours that signal disrespect. These communicative behaviours include ‘interru...

Impoliteness and mock-impoliteness A descriptive analysis

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Intercultural impoliteness

The paper argues that impoliteness may work differently in intercultural interactions than in L1 communication. Most researchers (cf. Bousfield, 2008; Culpeper, 2009, 2010; Haugh, 2011) analyzing impoliteness within one language seem to agree that no act is inherently impolite, and that such a condition depends on the context or speech situation that affects interpretation. This may not be quit...

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From the Standpoint of Dermatology

Because skin color directly reflects every pathological change of skin that causes modification of its optical characteristics, it is vital information in dermatological diagnosis. Photographs have played a substantial role for a long time in recording skin lesions, and recently digital imaging has been introduced for this purpose. But the quality of skin color images reproduced by any currentl...

The Ghanaian Manufacturing Enterprise Survey

We wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Department for International Development (DFID) for funding the survey and of UNIDO for its continuing support of work on manufacturing enterprise in Africa. We also particularly need to thank the survey team members for their commitment and enthusiasm and the firms, their managers and employees for their willingness to participate. All errors...