A STUDY OF THE PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF POLITENESS IN SELECT POLITICAL NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS
Abstract This work investigates pragmatic features of politeness in select Nigerian Newspaper Editorials. It affirms the fact that language is central to newspaper communication and can take different forms and shapes in order to inform, interpret and entertain its audience. This study assesses the various politeness maxims exploited and violated in select newspaper editorials the Daily sun, the Nation and Thisday Newspaper. It also examines the various presuppositions, deixis and ...
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