June 2024

Volume 07 Issue 06 June 2024
Pragmatic Acts in the Inaugural Speeches of Military Heads of Government in Nigeria
1Damilola Oluseyi Fafiyebi, 2Samuel Ayodele Dada
1,2Department of English and Literary Studies Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i06-08

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