A pragmatic stylistics study of Francis Sifiso Nyathi’S ‘Tears of fear in the error of terror’ and ‘The oracle of CIDINO’
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2022-04-22
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Namibia University of Science and Technology
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The study is a pragmatic stylistic analysis of speech acts in two texts by Francis Sifiso Nyathi. The study of pragmatics is concerned with how language users interact, communicate and interpret linguistic behaviour (Chapman & Clark, 2014). During communication, speech acts are created. When the exchange of utterances in the speech event is misconstrued, it becomes a problem. Locustical deeds can be subdivided into three categories; the illocutionary, the intelligible, and the perlocutory. Locative and illocutionary functions are examined as well as their influence on the selected texts. One of society's most misunderstood phenomena is the act of speaking aloud. Both texts, "The Oracle of Cidino" (Nyathi, 2003) and "Tears of Fear in the Error of Terror" (Nyathi 2001), are full of verbal exchanges and commissive threats between the Namibian black guerrillas and South African white soldiers as they battle for control of pre-independent Namibia. The Namibian freedom fight is depicted in the following novel. The speech act theory was used to analyse the two texts in the study. The research used a qualitative technique. Sentences are "tokens," according to the study, which may be deciphered through the use of stylistic pragmatic codes. Analysis of utterances forming sentences can reveal the hidden meaning of what the addresser wishes to convey to the recipient, according to the conclusions of the study Locative analysis of conversational texts can be used to describe how two people convey their needs, wants, and persuasion to one other. When employed to make a promise or project a demand, for example, the illocutionary and perlocutionary speech acts have a causative effect. To sum up, the findings of the research show that conversations between two or more individuals are richer when they are held in conducive environments. It is the playwright's job to convey the effect of speaking acts in the plays through the utilisation of felicitous circumstances. Namibian playwrights, according to the study, effectively educate Namibian readers about their defamed past heritage. Studying plays can also help pupils enhance their ability to communicate effectively. This study's texts should be subjected to a functional stylistic analysis to better understand society's workings. Speech acts have been shown to be a useful approach for analysing conversational texts in this study and may be used to analyse Namibian-authored fiction, drama, or prose. Modern literature, such as speeches and debates in the House and Senate, should be studied as part of the study's recommendations. Using this method, Namibians at large can better comprehend the problems that concern them as
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they are debated in parliament in simple terms. It is also possible to carry out a quantitative analysis of the same conversational texts in order to determine how frequently certain utterances occur during a discussion.
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THESIS PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS AT THE NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Namibia, Stylistic pragmatics, speech acts theory, locutionary, illocutionary, perlocutionary, playwright, felicitous conditio