Critical Pragmatic Analysis of Online Discourses of Nigerians in the Diaspora
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2023-12
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Lead City University
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The current state in Nigeria whereby numerous Nigerians deliberately embark on emigration from Nigeria to European and Asian nations to search for greener pasture calls for concern. The need to create awareness about their experiences and feelings through their language use motivated this study which aimed at investigating the critical pragmatic analysis of online discourses of Nigerians in the diaspora. This study aims to identify the recurrent themes in their online discourses. Moreover, this study also identified and analysed the critical pragmatic elements and speech acts features in the online discourses of Nigerians in the diaspora. The study used a qualitative method employing a descriptive analysis design. The data source of this study is collected from Facebook and Twitter. The data are observed and transcribed into written form. Furthermore, the data are categorised into various stances and ideologies taken by the interlocutors. The results showed that Nigerians in the diaspora have several ideologies and stances that are reflected in their utterance e.g. stances on education, culture, religion, economy and politics; and the manifestation of ideologies e.g. patriotism, racism, fanaticism and democracy. The results show that there are three kinds of illocutionary acts which are performed on Facebook and Twitter, they are representative, expressive and directive. The result of the present study shows that Facebook and Twitter handlers among Nigerians in the diaspora tended to convey their utterances by stating facts, to direct and express feelings and experiences about Nigeria and the host nation.
Keywords: Diaspora, Migration, Social Media, Critical Pragmatics, Online Discourses, Speech Acts, Nigerians in the Diaspora
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Diaspora, Migration, Social Media, Critical Pragmatics, Online Discourses, Speech Acts, Nigerians in the Diaspora