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The influence of cellular phone "speak" on isiXhosa rules of communication

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".

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:27594
Date January 2009
CreatorsKaschula, Russell H, Mostert, André
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typearticle, text
Format20 pages, pdf
RightsStellenbosch University, Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.)
RelationStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics PLUS

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