The present study aims at
treating the linguistic devices of politeness in the spoken formal and informal
communication of Albanians of Kosovo and Albania as one of the variables that
display the changes in the dynamics of Albanian spoken in the two countries.
The current research treats formal situations of communication and those less
formal ones of linguistic devices of politeness. The research has been
conducted using two different measurement.
The first one treats two television political debates, one in Kosovo
with Kosovar speakers of Albanian, and one in Albania with Albanian speakers.
The second measuring treats the informal situation, and for this purpose, a
direct observation in the “Albi Mall” (a city mall), specifically in five stores
(shoe store, clothing store, and grocery store) in Prishtina has been
conducted. In this research, linguistic choices used by the consumers who
address the sellers and sellers who address the consumers have been
observed.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Creative Arts and Writing |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | March 22, 2018 |
Submission Date | February 28, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 11 Issue: 21 |