Abstract:The Socio-Cultural Context of Greetings in Swahili1
Today most linguists agree that language and culture are tightly connected. It is
also argued that in order to communicate successfully, we need to achieve a level
of socio-cultural competence along with an ability to use the grammar and the lexicon
of a particular language. There are many kinds of cultural norms and values
that one has to obey, as there may be fundamental communication and discourse
differences between one language and another. This paper is… Show more
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