(2006) West-African languages – Gratitude

Published on May 10, 2017. Last updated on September 10, 2018.

Ameka, Felix K. (2006). “When I die, don’t cry”: The ethnopragmatics of “gratitude” in West African languages. In Cliff Goddard (Ed.), Ethnopragmatics: Understanding discourse in cultural context (pp. 231-266). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. DOI: 10.1515/9783110911114.231

This paper discusses the ethnopragmatics of speech formulas for “gratitude” in West African languages such as Ewe, Akan, and Buli, showing how they presuppose deeply culturally embedded values and beliefs about death and the rituals related to it.

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