| dc.contributor.author | Oloo, Nicholas Onyango | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ochieng, Robert Onyango | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rew, Francis Owino | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-08T07:08:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-08T07:08:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-01 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2059-2027 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.jooust.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9387 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper aims to evaluate the uses and significance of speech acts in Maragret Ogola’s two
novels; The River and the Source (1994) and I swear by Apollo (2002). The researcher uses
Austin (1962) and Searle 1969 Speech Act Theory. The findings shows that every utterance
produced by a character in the novels could be categorized under one of the five major
categories of speech acts proposed by Searle (1969). The study reveals that each major speech
act contains a wide range of sub acts which are distinguished based on their felicity conditions.
In addition, each illocutionary force or sub act of speech act has a specific use and significance
in a speech situation. Thus, the writer uses the different speech acts to communicate the
meaning intentions. The study therefore proposes that speech act analysis be adopted as an
effective tool in the analysis of the characters’ verbal interactions in novels | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | European Journal of English Language, Linguistics and Literature | en_US |
| dc.subject | Speech act | en_US |
| dc.subject | representatives | en_US |
| dc.subject | directives | en_US |
| dc.subject | expressive | en_US |
| dc.subject | commissives | en_US |
| dc.subject | declaration | en_US |
| dc.subject | felicity conditions | en_US |
| dc.title | A pragmatic analysis of significance of speech acts in Margaret Ogola‟s the river and the source and I swear by Page 8 of 12 Apollo | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
