A pragmatic stylistics investigation of speech acts in The Oracle of Cidino, Checkmate and The Bride and the Broom
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2022-06-15
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Namibia University of Science and Technology
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The study examines speech acts performed by the characters in three plays: The Oracle of Cidino by Francis Nyathi, Checkmate by Maria Amakali, and The Bride and Broom by David Storne Ndjavera. Recognising that misconceptions and miscommunications can arise when individuals interact with others, the primary goal of the current study is to analyse speech actions in the selected texts since such analyses allow us to completely appreciate messages and meaning beyond the literal. This study investigated the relevance of verbal behaviors produced by the characters in the three plays, the function of the intraverbal actions used by the characters in the three Namibian plays, and the three Namibian plays in two theories and languages. Within the theoretical explanations of the Theory of Action (Austin, 1962) and the Five Types of Intraverbal Actions (Saar, 1979), he issued spoken diplomatic acts to interpret three Namibian plays. The study used a discourse analysis research approach, identifying and explaining persuasive speech actions based on Searle's (1969) five classes of speech acts. This study was influenced by two theoretical frameworks. According to the results of the investigation, the location-based actions performed by the characters in the three plays included declarative, interrogative, and imperative resources. Declarations are the most common part of part of speech in literature. In addition, the study found that five functions of intra-speech activity were increased in the text.: representatives, instructions, expressives, and commissives. Declarative statements happened the fewest times since they require specified circumstances to be met in order to be performed. The characters' perlocutionary activities were interpreted as the repercussions of their conducted speech acts. To minimise misconceptions, this study determined that a conversation act study was required, and the Minister of Health and Welfare advised a dialogue act analysis of cabinet speeches related to the COVID 19 virus reports.
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THESIS PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT 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, locutionary acts, illocutionary acts, perlocutionary acts
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Simasiku, V. S. (2022). A pragmatic stylistics investigation of speech acts in The Oracle of Cidino, Checkmate and The Bride and the Broom [Master's thesis: Namibia University of Science and Technology].