Abstract
This study investigated aspects of the requesting behaviour of Cameroonian French speakers. Based on examples produced by 81 French-speaking Cameroonian students, the analysis was devoted to request strategies across three situations, focusing on request strategy types, their linguistic realizations, pragmatic modifiers, as well as variation in the use of request patterns according to degree of familiarity, type of power relationship and type of imposition. The results reveal social variation regarding the frequency and use of direct or indirect request strategies and pragmatic modifiers (internal and external). It was also found that requests were predominantly introduced with attention-getters and/or greetings and that nominal address terms were used to soften or aggravate requests across the three situations.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0759/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
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