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The Strategic Salience of Prof Gabriel Egbe’s Language Game

Posted By: adminon: September 16, 2021In: BookspaceTags: 'Ninglish', Antonio Gramsci, Englishes, Ferdinand de Saussure, Harvard, Jacques Derrida, John Austin, NUC, Prof Adigun Agbaje, Veritas UniversityNo CommentsViews:
The Strategic Salience of Prof Gabriel Egbe’s Language Game

By Adagbo Onoja It is since 1962 that Oxford University’s John Austin delivered his “How to Do Things With Words” but, till today, the idea that it is language rather than reason or nature t... Read more

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