From Legal Remedy to Political Retort: A Pragmatic Acts Study of ‘Go to Court’ in Nigerian Media
Ebere Celina Krisagbedo — University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 02 October 2025
Chris Uchenna Agbedo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
Walter Ugwagbo (University of Nigeria Nsukka-Nigeria)
This study examines the pragmatic imports of the recurrent catchphrase “go to court” within the Nigerian sociopolitical context. Drawing on Mey’s Pragmatic Acts Theory (2001) to analyse eight media excerpts selected from...
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