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Investigating The Perlocutionary Thrust Of Language Of Propanganda In The Political Writings On Nigeria 's 2015 General Elections

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Abstract  
Words perform actions. Language and in fact words have different functions and according to the speech act theory of J.L Austin, utterances both written and spoken have a particular effect it should have on the listener. Many researchers have written on political campaign speeches and a universal trend in them - propaganda in Nigeria. The researcher feels that the related works previously done on the field of enquiry did not probe into the underlying intentions beneath the speaker’s mind neither did they succinctly address the effect the utterances make on the audience- the electorate. This makes the undertaking of this research important. The researcher also observed that the perlocutionary thrust of language use on the aspirants and the electorate with regard to campaign of calumny (propaganda) is yet to be fully studied. With this in mind, this study uses the Speech Act theory of J.L Austin to show that language has a great effect on both the voters and contestants as observed during the 2015 general election in Nigeria. This research  takes into consideration most especially eight selected writings of party loyalists of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2015 presidential election. Data collected for this research spanned from the buildup of the campaign process in August 2014 to the eve of the elections in March 2015, feared in many quarters as the last Nigeria would ever had

TABLE OF CONTENT 
Title page          
Certification            
Dedication            
Acknowledgement          
Abstract           
Table of content
          
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction           
Statement of research problems       
Objectives of research        
Scope of Study         
Expected Contributions to Knowledge 
     
CHAPTER TWO 
Party Politics in Nigeria        
The Language of Political Campaigns as a Variety of Language.  
Speech Act          
Propaganda         
Roots in the Catholic Church       
Literacy Propagates Propaganda      
War and Propaganda.        
Digitization and the Media; Roles Played in dissemination of Propaganda  
The Place of Propaganda in Politics      
Rhetoric          
Common Propaganda Techniques As Evidently Used In Nigeria   
Theoretical Framework        
Connecting the Three Speech–Acts
 
CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY 

CHAPTER FOUR       
ANALYSIS, FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS  
Introduction          
Analysis 
   
CHAPTER FIVE      
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 
Summary             
Conclusion         
Recommendations           
 REFERENCES         50   
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