A Pragmatic Analysis of Ahmed Tinubu’s Acceptance Speech as the APC Presidential Candidate
Ohitoto salamatu MUHAMMAD, English and Literary Studies - Federal University of Lafia, 2023
Abstract:
Meaning generation is a pivotal factor for effective communication. Politicians in their speeches performed different speech acts. The electorates are most often constraint and find it hard to get meaning. This is because most approaches developed to explain how meaning is generated rely on linguistic knowledge of the language user without looking at the extra-linguistic factors, therefore making those approaches to be inadequate. This accounts for this study, a pragmatic analysis of Bola Ahmad Tinubu’s acceptance speech. It is geared toward unearthing hidden meaning as well as the effectiveness and implication of speech acts in conveying his intended meaning to Nigerians.