Person Deixis as Discursive Practice in Nigeria’s “June 12” Conflict Rhetoric

Adegoju, Adeyemi

doi:10.4314/gjl.v3i1.2

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“…In a similar study, Adegoju (2005) observed that political language, especially in conflict situations, is characterized by ideological and power positioning of the ‘we’, ‘our’, ‘ours’ and ‘us’ versus the ‘they’, ‘their’ and ‘them’ categories. Adegoju (2014) in his study of the 12 June 1993 Nigerian elections further notes that person deixis is a discursive strategy appropriated in the conflict rhetoric of political figures to control or shape the cognition and actions of their audiences.…”

Section: The Discourse Of Political Campaignsmentioning

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Political Communication and Popular Literature: An Analysis of Political Jingles in Nigerian Electoral Discourse

Omidiora

Ajiboye

Abioye³

2020

Journal of Creative Communications

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To win the support of the electorates, Nigerian politicians engage diverse resources during electoral campaigns. Some of these resources include political jingles. This study examines political discursive practices and their socio-cognitive functions in the political jingles of the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. This is to illuminate the politicians’ sociopolitical evaluations of the electorates. The data for this study comprise 50 political jingles of the presidential campaigns of the two major political parties in the country, the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition party, the All Progressive Congress (APC). This study is anchored on linguistic and literary theoretical perspectives using Critical Discourse Analysis and Sociology of Literature, respectively, to reveal the inherent meanings in, and socio-cultural implications of, the discourse of the sampled political jingles. Data analysis identifies political jingles as face-saving, assertive and educative acts. It also notes that implicatures, names, lexemes, religious allusions, evidentiality and code-switching are ideologically employed in the political jingles to enhance the politicians’ personalities and acceptance among the electorates.

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Section: The Discourse Of Political Campaignsmentioning

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Political Communication and Popular Literature: An Analysis of Political Jingles in Nigerian Electoral Discourse

Omidiora

Ajiboye

Abioye³

2020

Journal of Creative Communications

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“…The administration of General Babangida introduced policies like Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) that are not healthy for Nigeria's economy. The administration conducted an election in 1993 which was worldly considered to be free, fair and credible, but the result of the election was annulled by General Babangida regime which resulted to mass protests and demonstration by Nigerians both at home and abroad (Adegoju, 2014). The regime later handed over power to Chief Ernest Shonekan as an interim government on 26th August, 1993.…”

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Foreign Policy and Afrocentricism: An Appraisal of Nigeria’s Role

Dauda

Ahmad

Keling³

2019

JBSEE

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Nigerian foreign policy is a tool use by the country to achieve its national interest. The country’s external policy has been tailored to be Afrocentric since its independence in 1960 which shows the commitment of Nigeria towards Africa’s stability and development. The principles of Nigeria’s foreign policy and its Afrocentricism has consistently operated by the government of the country irrespective of whether it is civilian or military administration. The notion of four concentric circle of Nigerian foreign policy where the country considers its national interest and the interest of its neighbouring States first, the West African sub-region, Africa’s interest and the interest of the world, have accrued numerous benefits to the country. The benefit of Nigeria’s Afrocentric policy has enormously assisted the country’s image internationally. This has invariably promoted Nigeria’s influence during global decision making. The study makes use of systems theory that viewed an individual or group as an ecosystem with moving parts that affect each other. Meaning that, if any part of human body is suffering from pain or any deficiency, the entire body will be feeling pain which can make the whole human body to malfunction. Likewise Nigeria, if any African country is in a crisis, all countries in Africa should look for a way-out to rescue the situation. The study therefore is qualitative in nature that employs the use of both primary and secondary data source. Twelve respondents were interviewed from various higher institutions and government agencies, and the data was analyzed thematically through Nvivo 10.

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“…Adegojul [1] studied the implementation of person deixis in the political discourse of Nigeria's "June 12" conflict. He believes that in addition to the referential function of deixis, they are used by politicians to establish and promote their Tahani Saleh Alabdali: Personal Deixis Implementation in King Fahad's Speech to the International Troops During the Second Gulf War (1990War ( /1991 ideological positions on specific issues.…”

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Personal Deixis Implementation in King Fahad's Speech to the International Troops During the Second Gulf War (1990/1991)

Alabdali¹

2019

IJLL

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In this paper, the use of some deictic expressions-in the late King Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's speech to the international troops during the Second Gulf War-and its various implications on the message being delivered by the speaker, and its possible effect on the hearer are examined. Since the term deictic expression covers many linguistic items that could not possibly be comprehensively investigated in one paper, the focus of this paper is on personal pronouns which are analyzed in terms of frequency and implication in order to arrive at a better understanding of their implementation in such a historically significant political speech. The findings support the notions of critical discourse analysis regarding the relation of politics, power, ideologies, and discourse. The use of personal pronouns in this text was sometimes found to convey underlying messages which were intended to persuade the targeted audience of the speaker's decisions and at the same time justify certain major measures that were taken.

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Person Deixis as Discursive Practice in Nigeria’s “June 12” Conflict Rhetoric

Cited by 30 publications

References 15 publications

Political Communication and Popular Literature: An Analysis of Political Jingles in Nigerian Electoral Discourse

Political Communication and Popular Literature: An Analysis of Political Jingles in Nigerian Electoral Discourse

Foreign Policy and Afrocentricism: An Appraisal of Nigeria’s Role

Personal Deixis Implementation in King Fahad's Speech to the International Troops During the Second Gulf War (1990/1991)

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Person Deixis as Discursive Practice in Nigeria’s “June 12” Conflict Rhetoric

Cited by 30 publications

References 15 publications

Political Communication and Popular Literature: An Analysis of Political Jingles in Nigerian Electoral Discourse

Political Communication and Popular Literature: An Analysis of Political Jingles in Nigerian Electoral Discourse

Foreign Policy and Afrocentricism: An Appraisal of Nigeria’s Role

Personal Deixis Implementation in King Fahad&apos;s Speech to the International Troops During the Second Gulf War (1990/1991)

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