dc.contributor.author | Habwe, John Hamu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-03T07:59:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-03T07:59:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | SWAHILI FORUM 17 (2010): 126-142 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/28598 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Politeness Phenomena: A case of Kiswahili Honorifics | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Linguistics and African Languages | en |