The Pragmatic Relevance of Ironical Utterances in Yoruba Interactive Discourse

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dc.contributor.authorAdegbite, Wale
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-13T11:34:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T15:00:11Z
dc.date.available2014-11-13T11:34:49Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T15:00:11Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we have maintained that ironical utterances are features of communicative interaction generally. They characterize conversations, interviews, drama dialogues, orations and stories. We thus observed the need to collect and study the occurrences of the utterances both within and outside literary studies. It was observed that ironical utterances performed referential, expressive, conative and phatic functions; did not perform poetic and metalinguistic functions. The utterances were also used to give remarks, scold, warn, tease, assure, tickle and greet. Thus, contrary to earlier impressions about what ironical utterances were used for, it was observed that these utterances were used to express both contemptuous and salutary intentions. It was observed that the utterances revealed a lot of cultural stereotypes among the Yoruba regarding the fear of the evil eye, sociability and social control and morality. They thus serve as a linguistic window through which attitudes and beliefs of the society can be viewed.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationAdegbite, Wale (1999). The Pragmatic Relevance of Ironical Utterances in Yoruba Interactive Discourse. Ife Journal of the Institute of Cultural Studies, 7.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2692
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages13en_US
dc.subjectIronyen_US
dc.subjectIronical utterancesen_US
dc.subjectIronical utterances in pragmatic perspectiveen_US
dc.subjectFunctions of ironical utterances in Yoruba interactionsen_US
dc.subjectUses of ironical utterances in Yoruba interactionsen_US
dc.titleThe Pragmatic Relevance of Ironical Utterances in Yoruba Interactive Discourseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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