PRAGMATIC CONSTRAINTS IN STYLISTIC STUDIES
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2015
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Department of Mordern European Languages and Linguistics
Abstract
Effectiveness of language use is principally measured by its communicativeness. In many cases where a foreign language is employed as the vehicle of expressing indigenous socio-cultural experiences, there is bound to be a marked drift in how words are used and what they are used to mean. The paper re-affirms the centrality of p rag m a tic apparatuses in decoding meaning in the true likeness of the speaker's intention using four popular 'Niqerianised' English compliments as reference points. This exercise espouses the symbiotic relationship between pragmatics and stylistics as linguistic disciplines. Ultimately, it is revealed that the mode of text delivery is a major force to reckon with in meaning negotiation processes, most especially at the tertiary level of socio-cultural motivation and Implication of discourse.
Description
Keywords
socio-cultural, foreign language, disciplines, delivery