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POLITENESS STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATURE

Authors: OKATA Gift , & Okata Susan Nketachi

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Ado Journal Of French And Related Disciplines

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The overview of pragmatics obtainable in literature points at its emphasis on the primacy of context for a meaningful interpretation of language in use. Language has been established overtime as a learned behavior and not an innate instinct. This is because the language we speak in Africa and Nigeria in particular is often employed as a veritable tool for face threatening, face saving and strategies by interlocutors. Using quantitative analytical method based on Brown and Levinson (1983) concept of Politeness strategies and Paul Grice (1975)’s concepts of Implicatures as theoretical framework, the study reviewed the politeness strategies and implicatures in the language use of interlocutors at the family planning clinic of Babcock University teaching hospital, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State. The analysed data was selected using selective sampling technique and findings showed that although language is not ordinarily thought of as of essential interest to individuals attending family planning clinic at Babcock university teaching hospital, the context of the utterances played a major role in determining to what extent politeness strategies were employed in the various interactions of the interlocutors. The paper concludes that since language is a powerful tool that conditions our world view, the appropriate use of language will adequately increase the knowledge of contraceptive, encourage women in general and enlighten the society at large as regarding the proper and effective use of contraceptives.

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OKATA,G. Okata,S. . (2019). POLITENESS STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATURE, 5 (), 116-116.

OKATA,G. Okata,S. . "POLITENESS STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATURE" 5, no (), (2019): 116-116.

OKATA,G. and Okata,S. and . (2019). POLITENESS STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATURE, 5 (), pp116-116.

OKATAG, OkataS, . POLITENESS STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATURE. 2019, 5 ():116-116.

OKATA,Gift , and Okata,Susan Nketachi . "POLITENESS STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATURE", 5 . (2019) : 116-116.

O.Gift & O.Susan Nketachi , "POLITENESS STRATEGIES AND IMPLICATURE" vol.5, no., pp. 116-116, 2019.

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