A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF SOME SELECTED POLITICAL POSTERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
- Introduction
- Purpose of study
- Justification
- Scope of the work
- Methodology
- Data description
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction
- Definition of Pragmatics
- Historical development
- Elements of Pragmatics
- Context
- Presupposition
- Implicature
- Inference
- Participants
- Topic
- Intention
- World knowledge
- Mutual contextual beliefs
- Theories of Pragmatics
- Searle’s Theory of Pragmatics
- Adegbija’s Theory of Pragmatics
- P Grice’s Theory of Pragmatics
- Bach and R.M Harnish’s Theory of Pragmatics
- Definition of poster
- Headline
- Handbill
- Placard
- Conclusion
CHAPTER THREE: DATA ANALYSIS
- Introduction
3.1Â Â Â Â Â Data Analysis
3.1.1Â Â Datum one
3.1.2Â Â Datum two
3.1.3Â Â Datum three
3.1.4Â Â Datum four
3.1.5Â Â Datum five
3.1.6Â Â Datum six
3.1.7Â Â Datum seven
3.1.8Â Â Datum eight
3.1.9Â Â Datum nine
3.1.10 Datum ten
3.2Â Â Â Summary
3.3Â Â Conclusion
CHAPER FOUR
- Summary
- Findings
- Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABSTRACT
This long essay focuses on the pragmatics study of selected political posters imprinted in the pages of selected newspapers. It seeks to identify the influence of pragmatic elements on encoded texts or utterance; it analyse the thought provoking influence of such political posters; the rules of pragmatics governing the use of language in this aspect. The data of choice were randomly selected (from the pages of THE NATION, THE SUN and THE VANGUARD newspapers) and the pragmatic elements were applied on them.Posters are capable of influencing the mind of the reader(s) when the context is taken into consideration, political ones for that matter. Implicitly, there are hidden intentions in most political posters. The pragmatic elements help to bring out the intended meaning of most posters. The outcome was evident in course of this research work. The study has shown that for political posters to perform their functions effectively, they must have in mind the reader’s ability to understanding their message through what is displayed.
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
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- INTRODUCTION
The dynamism of language as a powerful tool of communication cannot be over-emphasized. There is countless number of things which we could do or use to achieve. It is therefore, no surprise if language is used to influence decision in various ways (even in the field of politics). Can one really mention any particular field of endeavour that does not involve the use of language?
