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Ngozi Georginia Ugochukwu and Prisca O. Bob
Speech Act Theory, the study examines how pauses contribute to implicature and modify illocutionary force in text-based interactions. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, the research combines discourse-pragmatic analysis … expectations, particularly the maxims of Quantity and Manner. From an Austinian perspective, pauses modulate illocutionary force, for instance by softening directives or intensifying evaluative responses. Furthermore, the interpretation of pauses
Prisca O. Bob and Kwekowe, U. P.
classification of an utterance as hate speech in Nigeria is shaped less by illocutionary force than by the socio-political status of the speaker, and recommends that legislative definitions