PRAGMATICS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AN ANALYSIS OF OBASANJO’S LETTERS
The study investigates the role of language in civic engagement and demonstrates how language is used as a viable tool to propel civic actions. Hence, it focused on the locution and illocutionary acts of Obasanjo's letters to two presidents in Nigeria. Sixty sentences were selected from three o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tawasul International Centre for Publishing, Research and Dialogue
2021-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Language and Literary Studies |
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Online Access: | https://ijlls.org/index.php/ijlls/article/view/518 |