Cultural Norms of Greetings in the African Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21389388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beata Wójtowicz (0000-0002-8819-3219, University of Warsaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 171-187 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Roczniki Humanistyczne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-7707 • E-ISSN: 2544-5200 |
| Publisher | Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.18290/rh21696-10 |
| OpenAlex | W3175549809 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Knowledge of a foreign language facilitates communication. In order to be fluent in a foreign language, it is not enough to learn its words and grammatical rules, but one has to also be aware that there are additional, culture-bound norms that govern communication practices among various language groups. Even if one is not fluent in a foreign language, it is possible to make communication successful by applying appropriate non-verbal behaviour. In this article, I present communicative culture-related greeting rules among different African communities. I focus on the main factors that govern acts of greeting in different African languages
Business · Context (archaeology) · Focus (optics) · Foreign language · Linguistics · Order (exchange) · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |