Topic shading in an unplanned Igbo discourse

This paper looks at the strategies employed by speakers in Topic Shading in an unplanned Igbo discourse. The results of an investigation involving some Igbo adult students might lead us to infer that individuals shade topics for various reasons and that conversational rules may not be as obligatoril...

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Autor principal:	Bertram A. Okolo
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1987
Materias:	Igbo Topic Shading discourse conversational analysis Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:440eda8916c9482bbcfa2aa2ae04d2112021-11-19T03:55:00ZTopic shading in an unplanned Igbo discourse10.32473/sal.v18i2.1074770039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/440eda8916c9482bbcfa2aa2ae04d2111987-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107477https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper looks at the strategies employed by speakers in Topic Shading in an unplanned Igbo discourse. The results of an investigation involving some Igbo adult students might lead us to infer that individuals shade topics for various reasons and that conversational rules may not be as obligatorily governed as those of grammar. Shading strategies might depend on culture and context. A cross-linguistic study of planned and unplanned discourses might help not only in developing more appropriate and specific conversational maxims, but will also be helpful in determining how strategies of conversational interaction could be integrated into other aspects of speakers' linguistic knowledge and culture.Bertram A. OkoloLibraryPress@UFarticleIgboTopic Shadingdiscourseconversational analysisPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 18, Iss 2 (1987)
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description	This paper looks at the strategies employed by speakers in Topic Shading in an unplanned Igbo discourse. The results of an investigation involving some Igbo adult students might lead us to infer that individuals shade topics for various reasons and that conversational rules may not be as obligatorily governed as those of grammar. Shading strategies might depend on culture and context. A cross-linguistic study of planned and unplanned discourses might help not only in developing more appropriate and specific conversational maxims, but will also be helpful in determining how strategies of conversational interaction could be integrated into other aspects of speakers' linguistic knowledge and culture.
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Topic shading in an unplanned Igbo discourse

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