In this article, we shall be examining how to do data collection and analysis of your data. Remember that data…
INTRODUCTION Linguistics is often defined as a “scientific study” of language because of the nature of investigation that is involved…
Sociolinguistics is defined as the study of language in relation to society while pragmatics is concerned with the study of…
Linguistics is formally defined as the scientific study of language and its subfields, i.e. phonology, lexis, syntax and semantics are…
In this article, we shall be considering the interfaces of pragmatics and other linguistic disciplines; in other words we shall…
In this article we shall be examining the relationships between Pragmatics and Discourse Structure or some other ways speakers and…
Generally pragmatic theories attempt to explain how utterances convey meaning in context, explain how meaning is decoded from utterances in…
This article explore the Utterance Acts and Austin's Theory of Pragmatics. Austin (1962) postulates that when an individual makes an…
A speech event is what is going on, including both linguistic and non-linguistic activity that make up the context. Every…
In our study of tact in unit 4, we noted that language use often demands some form of politeness in…
Speakers or writers usually design their message on the assumption that the hearer or reader already has a degree of…
Our current article explores Inference and Reference. A speaker or writer sometimes uses one thing to refer to another and…