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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.8.2007.tde-13022008-102453
Document
Author
Full name
Juliana França Macek
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2007
Supervisor
Committee
Petter, Margarida Maria Taddoni (President)
Alkmim, Tania Maria
Mendes, Ronald Beline
Title in Portuguese
Aspectos da polidez lingüística em sheng - língua urbana de Nairóbi
Keywords in Portuguese
Língua urbana
Lingüística africana
Nairobi
Polidez lingüística
Quênia
Sheng
Sociolingüística
Sociopragmática
Abstract in Portuguese
Esta dissertação propõe-se estudar, em contextos específicos, o fenômeno da polidez lingüística em sheng. Para atingir esse objetivo abordaremos, inicialmente, as teorias sobre polidez lingüística dentro do panorama da sociopragmática, apresentando tanto as teorias mais tradicionais, surgidas nos anos 70, quanto as mais recentes, todas desenvolvidas principalmente em países anglófonos. Em seguida, traçaremos um perfil da situação lingüística do Quênia e trataremos especificamente do sheng em Nairóbi. Finalmente, serão descritas as expressões em sheng utilizadas nas situações de abertura e fechamento de conversações, agradecimentos, pedidos de desculpas e outras que potencialmente podem ser avaliadas como polidas. Essa análise permitirá verificar se, mesmo em uma situação social de extrema exclusão, como a vivida pela comunidade de Mukuru, em Nairóbi, onde a mera questão de sobrevivência torna-se uma luta diária, os indivíduos da comunidade lingüística que hoje "constrói" esse novo código lingüístico, estariam preocupados em estabelecer regras de conduta para situações de interação que se refletiriam em seu discurso, e se essas regras seriam formas de "polidez lingüística" ou formas de "comportamento político", como proposto por Richard Watts.
Title in English
Aspects of linguistic politeness in Sheng - urban language of Nairobi
Keywords in English
African Linguistics
Kenya
Linguistic Politeness
Nairobi
Sheng
Sociolinguistics
Sociopragmatics
Urban Language
Abstract in English
This dissertation aims to analyze, in specific contexts, the linguistic politeness phenomenon in sheng. In order to fulfill this goal, we will initially approach the theories on linguistic politeness within the scope of socio pragmatics, presenting the more traditional theories, which appeared in the 1970s, as well as the more recent ones, all developed mainly in Anglophone countries. Then we will outline Kenya's linguistic situation, focusing mostly on sheng in Nairobi. Finally, we will describe sheng idioms that are used in conversational openings and closings, in acts of returning thanks and apologies, and other actions that might be potentially considered as polite. This analysis will allow us to observe if the individuals from the linguistic community that "constructs" today this linguistic code, even living in a situation of extreme exclusion such as the one experienced by the Makuru community in Nairobi, where mere subsistence is itself a daily struggle, are concerned about establishing rules of conduct for interaction situations that would reflect in their discourse, and if these rules would be forms of "linguistic politeness" or forms of "political behavior", as it is assumed by Richard Watts.
 
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2008-02-21
 
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