Speech act of claiming among Cameroonian and Chadian French speakers

https://doi.org/10.48185/spda.v5i2.1184

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requests, claiming, politeness, variational pragmatics, French

Abstract

This article examines the ways in which Cameroonian and Chadian speakers are producing the speech act of claiming. The study focuses on situations in which the speaker occupies the position of claimant. The aim of the study is to describe the main pragmatic variations between the two groups of speakers. The methodological approach is based on variational pragmatics. The results show that the strategies are similar, but there are strong differences in the types of formulations and mitigation strategies. The results indicate that the Cameroonian data presented more indirect realisations of acts than the Chadian data. Participants from both language communities used a variety of markers to modify their claims. External modifications typically included politeness forms, forms of address, apologies, justifications, greetings and thanks. Internal modifications also included modalisers and minimisers.

Published

2024-07-20

How to Cite

Avodo Avodo, J. (2024). Speech act of claiming among Cameroonian and Chadian French speakers. Studies in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis, 5(2), 15–28. https://doi.org/10.48185/spda.v5i2.1184

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