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Onyedikachi A. Okodo and Godwin Chibueze Didigwu
power, construct identities, and shape public perception. This study examines strategic impoliteness as a persuasive resource in Nyesom Wike's political discourse, arguing that his confrontational rhetoric extends beyond mere … Reyes' (2011) strategies of legitimization to identify Wike's impoliteness strategies and the persuasive work they perform before the electorate. Findings show that Wike frequently employs bald-on-record impoliteness
Ogechi C. Unachukwu, Amaka G. Nwuche, Regina O. Olinya and and Benice Ogbochie
This study examines the use of humour as a persuasive strategy in selected Nigerian public health awareness posters. It specifically investigates how verbal and visual resources combine to construct humour … persuasive strategy. The data for the study comprise sixteen purposively selected posters from the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) official telegram handle, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), University
Onesimus Azunwanna and Comfort Adeleke-Adeniji
The twenty-first century has witnessed several geopolitical conflicts characterised by extensive
Obiorah Ekwueme, Victor Onyedikachi Eze, Ikechukwu Erojikwe and John Uche Ngonadi
this produces, against his three-process theory, in which power rests on group-based persuasion and authority, and coercion arises where such influence is lacking. Through qualitative textual analysis
Oladimeji Olaniyi and Onuche, Joshua Ene'Ojo
Searle’s framework, complemented by pragmatic concepts, demonstrates how Psalm 35 achieves its communicative, persuasive and theological purposes