In:Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles
Edited by Susanne Mühleisen and Bettina Migge
[Varieties of English Around the World G34] 2005
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 28 September 2005
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g34.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgementsvii
Politeness and face in Caribbean Creoles: An overview
Part I: Performing rudeness and face maintenance
The use of “bad” language as a politeness strategy in a Panamanian Creole village
Ritualized insults and the African diaspora: Sounding in African American Vernacular English and Wording in Nigerian Pidgin
Rude sounds: Kiss Teeth and negotiation of the public sphere
Faiya-bon: The socio-pragmatics of homophobia in Jamaican (Dancehall) culture
Part II: Face attention and the public and private self
Greeting and social change
Advice in an Indo-Guyanese village and the interactional organization of uncertainty
Meaningful routines: Meaning-making and the face-value of Barbadian greetings
Forms of address in English-lexicon Creoles: The presentation of selves and others in the Caribbean context
Part III: Socialization and face development
‘May I have the bilna?’: The development of face-saving in young Trinidadian children
Learning respect in Guadeloupe: Greetings and politeness rituals
Notes on contributors
Index
