TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction…
1.1 Background to the study: Akurmi people, place and language
1.2 Statement of the research problem…
1.3 Research questions..
1.4 Aim and objectives of the study..
1.5 Justification of the study
1.6 Scope and delimitation of the study.
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.0 Introduction.
2.1 A brief historical Development of Pragmatics.
2.1.1 Scope of Pragmatics…
2.1.2 Goals of Pragmatics..
2.2 Relationship between Pragmatics and Semantics…
2.3 Pragmatic Context…
2.3.1 Context of situation
2.3.2 Context of culture..
2.3.3 Psychological context..
2.4 Reference and Inference.
2.4 Background Knowledge.
2.5 A brief overview of Mutual Contextual beliefs.
2.6 An overview of Speech Acts.
2.7. Naming..
2.7.1 names as linguistic items.
2.8 Theoretical framework..
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction.
3.1 Data gathering techniques.
3.3 Data analytical procedure.
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.0 Introduction.
4.1 Presentation of data
4.2 General discussion and analysis..
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.0 Introduction.
5.1 Summary
5.2 Findings.
5.2 Conclusion
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