It must replace the ‘straight arrow’ ideology invented recently in history in Europe, in which the past is discounted and only the future counts. The spiral philosophy, originally ancient, needs to be made evident and explicit. piece begins with a sequence of spirals and then on the next page, reasons for spirals. What is here, are a series of the first two pages of 13 of my World Nutrition ‘What do you think’ columns, published between September 2013 and December 2014, beginning with an initial piece published early in 2012. I have used spirals as part of my work since 2005, in much of what I have written and presented. The study showed that out of a total of 74 locutionary / Statements in the inaugural address, assertive acts are 40.5% of the utterances, commissive acts are 25.6%, while directive, expressive and declarative have small portions, of 13.5%, 12.2%, and 8.2% respectively.
This study analyzed the Inaugural Address using Searle’s theory of speech act as a theoretical framework with emphasis on Searle’s five categories of speech act. Using a qualitative research design, the key objective of this study is to analyze the types of speech acts adopted in the inaugural address of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the President of the Republic of Ghana for his second term on the 7th January 2021. An attempt to do something through speaking is what is known as a speech act and a lot of things can be done through speaking.Ī speech act is studied under speech act theory and is found in the domain of pragmatics.
A speech act is more about what is performed when uttering words and not about individual words or sentences that are known to form the basic elements of human communication. Speech acts as an important element during communication, because it explains the thoughts of the speaker(s).
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