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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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Bashir, Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah, Rafik - Galea, Shameem, Mohd Kasim, Zalina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Research Institute for Policy Development 2017
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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