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Peer reviewedGoke-Pariola, Abiodun – Language and Communication, 1993
Examines Pierre Bourdieu's basic theory on language and criticisms of structuralism, transformational grammar, and the speech act theory as they appear in Language and Symbolic Power. Bourdieu's theories are applied to the colonial and postcolonial language situation in Nigeria. (JP)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Theory, Speech Acts
