Exploring Speech Act of English and Tshivenda Representatives and Directives

Farisani Thomas Nephawe () and Matodzi Nancy Lambani ()
Additional contact information
Farisani Thomas Nephawe: Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, Department of English, Media Studies and Linguistics, University of Venda, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Matodzi Nancy Lambani: Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, Department of English, Media Studies and Linguistics, University of Venda, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2021, vol. 26, issue 1, 372-382

Abstract: Competence in English pragmatics enhances the use of English in social contexts throughout the world. However, using English as a second language is always problematic particularly when it comes to the interpretation of speech act in English. The differences in structure and function between English and other languages such as Tshivenda are conspicuous. The current research explored Speech Act of English and Tshivenda representatives and directives among the Tshivenda-speaking people. The findings revealed that the Tshivenda-speaking people faced difficulties utilising English Speech Acts such as representatives, and directives. The research recommends frequent interaction between those proficient in English and Tshivenda-speaking people.

Keywords: Appropriateness; communication; misinterpretation; speech act (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/5282/1851 (application/pdf)
https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/5282 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tec:journl:v:26:y:2021:i:1:p:372-382

DOI: 10.47577/tssj.v26i1.5282

Access Statistics for this article

Technium Social Sciences Journal is currently edited by Tasente Tanase

More articles in Technium Social Sciences Journal from Technium Science
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tasente Tanase ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).