A Pragmatic Analysis of President Adesina’s Speech at African Development Bank Annual Meeting 2024 and El Nasir Rufai Speech on Naira Redesign Policy Delivered on 16 February,2023.
Student: Taiwo Esther Araoyinbo (Project, 2025)
Department of English and Literary Studies
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Abstract
This study is a pragmatic analysis of selected speeches of President Akinwuni Adesina of the African bank (AFDB) and Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State. Using John Searle’s Speech Act Theory as the analytical framework, the research investigates five categories of illocutionary acts.
Keywords
speech
pragmatic
analysis
president
adesina
african
development
annual
meeting
nasir
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