PROPAGANDA IN POLITICS THE USE OF LANGUAGE FOR EFFECT IN ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGN
Abstract The words perform actions. Language and, in fact, words have different functions and, according to J.L Austin's speech act theory, written and spoken expressions have a particular effect that they should have on the listener. Many scholars have written on political campaigning and on a universal trend: propaganda in Nigeria. The researcher believes that the related work previously carried out in the field of research was not able to ...
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