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A Pragmatic Analysis Of Nigerian Proverbs In Wole Soyinka’s “the Lion And The Jewelâ€
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1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
The
purpose of this study is to examine how meaning is generated from the
use of proverbs and beyond the level of general conversational meaning.
Also, this study aims to survey the importance of proverbs in Nigerian
culture. This study also aims at showcasing Wole Soyinka as a competent
writer whose work is relevant to the Nigerian society.
1.4 SCOPE OF STUDY
This will be limited to the identification and analysis of Nigerian
proverbs in The Lion and the Jewel. All Nigerian proverbs found in the
chosen text will constitute the body of data for the research work. This
work shall not examine proverbs outside the chosen text. Pragmatic
theory will be used in the course of the study.
1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF STUDY
This
study is being embarked upon because no study of this nature, to the
knowledge of the researcher has focused on the pragmatics of Soyinka’s
proverbs in The Lion and the Jewel. In this research work, the
researcher came across such works as Alabi (2009), which focuses on the
syntactic structures of proverbs in Achebe’s and Adimora-Ezegbo’s
trilogies, Adedimeji (2009), which focuses on a universal pragmatic
analysis of Nigerian proverbs in Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi, Arimi (2009),
which concentrates on the contexted wisdom on Indonesian and Japanese
proverbs, and Adeleke (2009) that focuses on the aspect of Yoruba
history in the proverbs.
In the above works, the researchers focused
on proverbs in different aspects. This work will be different from the
above as the researcher will analyze the Nigerian proverbs using the
pragmatic framework. This study will go a long way in helping people to
know the importance of proverbs in our society.
1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In
this research work, all Nigerian proverbs in the chosen text will
constitute the body of data. However, to achieve comprehensibility and
better understanding, various elements of pragmatics are not only
pertinent but also required. Therefore, the data will be analysed using
the elements suitable such as speech act, context, presupposition,
implicature, intention, inference and mutual contextual belief (MCB).
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