Emeka J Otagburuagu
Biographic Data
| ID | 9957667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emeka J Otagburuagu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emeka J |
| FAMILY NAME | Otagburuagu |
| SIGNATURE | OTAGBURUAGU E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Requests and Linguistic Politeness Strategies
This article examined the Igbo native speakers’ perception of request act as well as the linguistic politeness strategies used to achieve this communicative intention in their conversational English as bilinguals. The study participants were 2748 undergraduate Igbo native speakers purposively selected from different Federal and State Universities in the core Igbo-speaking states of South-east/South-south Nigeria. To elicit data, a 10-item discour…
Gender and Politeness/Hedging Strategies in English among Igbo Native Speakers in Nigeria
Gender and language studies in general have not been fully explored in most parts of the globe particularly in Nigeria. The objective of the study therefore was to examine the politeness and hedging strategies in the English language conversation of Igbo native speakers in Nigeria as well as establish whether men and women’s conversational styles have been gendered As a cross-sectional questionnaire and interview-based survey, the sample populati…
Apology and Linguistic Politeness Strategies in English among Igbo Native Speakers in Nigeria
The study sought to explore the conversational English politeness strategies used by Igbo learners of English in Nigeria. Through a purposive sampling process, a total of 3000 copies of questionnaire in the form of Discourse Completion Task (DCT) consisting of 10 different apology discourse situations positing extent of familiarity, hierarchy and degree of infraction were distributed to undergraduates of Igbo extraction at seven universities syst…
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Gender and Politeness/Hedging Strategies in English among Igbo Native Speakers in Nigeria
Gender and language studies in general have not been fully explored in most parts of the globe particularly in Nigeria. The objective of the study therefore was to examine the politeness and hedging strategies in the English language conversation of Igbo native speakers in Nigeria as well as establish whether men and women’s conversational styles have been gendered As a cross-sectional questionnaire and interview-based survey, the sample populati…
Apology and Linguistic Politeness Strategies in English among Igbo Native Speakers in Nigeria
The study sought to explore the conversational English politeness strategies used by Igbo learners of English in Nigeria. Through a purposive sampling process, a total of 3000 copies of questionnaire in the form of Discourse Completion Task (DCT) consisting of 10 different apology discourse situations positing extent of familiarity, hierarchy and degree of infraction were distributed to undergraduates of Igbo extraction at seven universities syst…
Requests and Linguistic Politeness Strategies
This article examined the Igbo native speakers’ perception of request act as well as the linguistic politeness strategies used to achieve this communicative intention in their conversational English as bilinguals. The study participants were 2748 undergraduate Igbo native speakers purposively selected from different Federal and State Universities in the core Igbo-speaking states of South-east/South-south Nigeria. To elicit data, a 10-item discour…
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Igbo (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Politeness (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · First language (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Communication (1 work) · Conversation (1 work)