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A pragmatic analysis of persuasion in isiXhosa

Thesis (MA (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / This study has the main goal of investigating the speech act of persuasion in isiXhosa. The main aim of the investigation is to examine the characteristics of persuasion in remedial interchanges based on the isiXhosa pragmatics. The study is concerned with the strategies people use when persuading targets, how message sources seek compliance, how targets resist and / or comply and how influence interactions are structured and what constraints on conversation need to be taken into account.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/3069
Date12 1900
CreatorsGqwede, Eunice Nolungisa
ContributorsSatyo, P. N., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of African Languages.
PublisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format770995 bytes, application/pdf
RightsUniversity of Stellenbosch

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