Persuasion in the Xhosa drama text Isisila sehobe
Date
2008-12
Authors
Tshaiviti, Thandeka Lovedalia
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
The goal of this study is to investigate the speech act of persuasion in the Xhosa
drama text Isisila sehobe by Satyo and Gwashu. The investigation into persuasive
communication in Isisila sehobe takes as a starting point the persuasive strategies of
Larson (1999). The study's main aim is to establish the linguistic realisation through
which social aspects of isiXhosa persuasion are expressed in Isisila sehobe. The
core persuasive message in this text is concerned with marriage. This study shows
that some people take as their reasons for marriage materialistic things such as
wealth and as a result such marriages seldom materialise or become stable, because
people merely stay together for convenience and not love. In Isisila sehobe the
results of such a marriage are disastrous, even leading to death. In addition, this
study aims to present an account of how characters in Isisila sehobe realise
premises and strategies of persuasion in authentic communication, using the
framework of persuasion theory (O’Keefe, 1990).
Description
Thesis (MA (African Languages))--Stellenbosch University, 20008.
Keywords
Persuasion, Xhosa drama, Persuasive, Satyo, Sizwe, Gwashu, Enoch F., Dissertations -- African languages, Theses -- African languages