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Publication details [#44191]

Egner, Inge. 2006. Intercultural aspects of the speech act of promising: Western and African practices. Intercultural Pragmatics 3 (4) : 443–464.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
intercultural communication | language and culture | promising | speech act
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IPRG/html

Annotation

This article explores the causes of frequent intercultural misinterpretation between Africans and Westerners when promising is concerned.