Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: This study discusses silence and ritual response as behavioural acts that are communicatively significant among the Igbos of Nigeria. Using actual discourse samples, the appropriate and inappropriate uses of these acts as well as their functions are highlighted.
Source: Studies in African Linguistics
Author: Bertram A. Okolo
Institution: University of Benin
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2552915995