- Title
- The influence of cellular phone "speak" on isiXhosa rules of communication
- Creator
- Kaschula, Russell H, Mostert, André M
- Subject
- Cell phones -- South Africa
- Subject
- Communication and culture -- Technological innovations
- Subject
- Language and culture -- South Africa
- Subject
- Xhosa (African people) -- Social life and customs
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- article
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/59401
- Identifier
- vital:27594
- Identifier
- doi: 10.5842/37-0-43
- Description
- 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".
- Format
- 20 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics PLUS, Kaschula, R.H. and Mostert, A., 2009. The influence of cellular phone. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 37(1), pp.69-88, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics PLUS 37 vol. 69 88 2009 2224-3380
- Rights
- Stellenbosch University
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.)
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