De la Politesse Linguistique au Cameroun Linguistic Politeness in Cameroon

While making use of previous research (Goffman, Brown & Levinson, Kerbrat-Orecchioni, etc.), this book documents a wide range of linguistic and socio-cultural rules governing politeness practices in Cameroon. Areas covered include: greetings, forms of address, compliments, face-work in multilingual and multicultural contexts, politeness in institutional settings, etc. The aim of the 11 case studies is to contribute to a better understanding of the Cameroonian «communicative style.