ABSTRACT Political leaders consciously or unconsciously employ Speech Act Theory in their effort to govern. This article discursively analyses the farewell speech of the former president of …
CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA’S INAUGURATION SPEECH (JANUARY 20, 2009)
ABSTRACT This research work examined the persuasive strategies of President Obama’s public speaking as enshrined in his inaugural address. The analysis is grounded on Norman Fairclough’s …
CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF OLA ROTIMI”S OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN
ABSTRACT Analysis on a discourse level has been used in the analysis of texts, but this study attempts to carry out a Critical Discourse Analysis of Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad …
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CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SPEECHES OF GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA 2007-2014
ABSTRACT Previous studies on campaign speeches in Nigeria have tended to be a description and analysis of style, innovative and persuasive strategies of politicians, and manipulation of linguistic …
ANALYSIS ON WALE OKEDIRAN’S STRANGE ENCOUNTER
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON WALE OKEDIRAN'S STRANGE ENCOUNTER Abstract DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Literary writers convey their personal experiences in the society through literature, deploying the recourses of …
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A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF NEGATION IN THE INAUGURAL SPEECHES OF TWO NIGERIAN PRESIDENT
A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF NEGATION IN THE INAUGURAL SPEECHES OF TWO NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ABSTRACT This study is a critical discourse analysis of negation in the inaugural speeches of two …
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF JESUS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF JESUS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN ABSTRACT It is a known fact that Discourse Analysis is the analysis of language in use. This work showed how discourse analysis …
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