Linguistic politeness in job applications in Cameroon  

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Mboudjeke, Jean-Guy

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 42 no. 9 (Sep. 2010), page 2519–2530.
Topik: Politeness Face Semiliterate Job applications Cameroon French
Fulltext: Mboudjeke_J.G.pdf (199.54KB)

Isi artikel

This paper uses Brown and Levinson’s and Kerbrat-Orecchionni’s politeness models to examine how semiliterate speakers of French in Cameroon encode linguistic politeness in written job applications. Analysis of the data suggests the politeness strategies used by semiliterate job-seekers can be classified into three categories, namely explicit addresseeoriented ‘‘face flattering acts’’ (henceforth FFAs), explicit addresser-oriented ‘‘face threatening acts’’ (henceforth FTAs), and implicit addresser-oriented FTAs. The paper contends that while the explicit FFAs and FTAs appear to be discourse strategies entrenched in the applicants’ culture, the implicit FTAs on the other hand are ascribable to the applicants’ poor mastery of the French language. The study intersects between discourse analysis, pragmatics and sociolinguistics.

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