Rhetorical functions of silence among speakers of some Nigerian languages: cultural and individual perspectives
Recently, there has been renewed interest in the study of silence as a linguistic tool used by humans for communication purposes. Since the work of Nwoye (1985) on eloquent silence among the Igbo of Nigeria, little study has been conducted on the use of silence among other myriad Nigerian tr...
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| Language: | English |
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American Research Institute for Policy Development
2017
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62995/1/Rhetorical%20functions%20of%20silence%20among%20speakers%20of%20some%20Nigerian%20languages.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62995/ http://ijlcnet.com/journals/ijlc/Vol_5_No_1_June_2017/6.pdf |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Language: | English |