Persuasion in the Xhosa drama text Isisila sehobe

[摘要] The goal of this study is to investigate the speech act of persuasion in the Xhosadrama text Isisila sehobe by Satyo and Gwashu. The investigation into persuasivecommunication in Isisila sehobe takes as a starting point the persuasive strategies ofLarson (1999). The study's main aim is to establish the linguistic realisation throughwhich social aspects of isiXhosa persuasion are expressed in Isisila sehobe. Thecore persuasive message in this text is concerned with marriage. This study showsthat some people take as their reasons for marriage materialistic things such aswealth and as a result such marriages seldom materialise or become stable, becausepeople merely stay together for convenience and not love. In Isisila sehobe theresults of such a marriage are disastrous, even leading to death. In addition, thisstudy aims to present an account of how characters in Isisila sehobe realisepremises and strategies of persuasion in authentic communication, using theframework of persuasion theory (O'Keefe, 1990).

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University