Cellular telephones have revolutionised the art of communication across all societies, and South Africa is no exception. Access to this form of communication has made personal contact easier, in both rural and urban contexts. Globally this form of communication has been readily embraced. However, cultural rules that pertain to face-to-face communication are often flouted by cellular phone users. This flouting holds true no doubt across many cultures, languages and contexts. Bloomer (2005:97-100) assesses this flouting of cultural maxims in relation to Grice's cooperative principle. This article attempts to assess how general rules of politeness in isiXhosa have been and are being transformed by what could be termed the "economics of speaking".
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:27594 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Kaschula, Russell H, Mostert, André |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | article, text |
| Format | 20 pages, pdf |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University, Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.) |
| Relation | Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics PLUS |
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