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IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF COMMISSIVE SPEECH ACTS TO DECODE INDIRECT MESSAGES IN NEWS HEADLINES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).43      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).43      Published : Mar 2019

Identification and Analysis of Commissive Speech Acts to Decode Indirect Messages in News Headlines

Abstract

    Headlines carry more indirect messages than the direct ones. The present article aims to explore the indirect messages in CNN headlines written about a variety of political, diplomatic and security affairs in Pakistan. It also investigates the role of the linguistic as well as the contextual elements in the identification of the indirect messages carried by the headlines in the form of speech acts. The research finds that the headlines have pragmatically encoded meanings. The headlines are not just pieces of information, but they are associated with communicating a range of messages related commitment to future actions, possible future actions, announcing future actions, expressing speaker intentions regarding future activities and pledging for future. The linguistic devices and the contexts associated with the headlines play a significant role in the identification and analysis of the indirect messages in the headlines.

    (1) Rabiah Rustam
    Assistant Professor,Department of Humanities, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan.
    (2) Akbar Ali
    Assistant Professor,Department of English,FATA university, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Imran
    Lecturer, Department of English, FATA University, KP, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Rustam, Rabiah, Akbar Ali, and Muhammad Imran. "Identification and Analysis of Commissive Speech Acts to Decode Indirect Messages in News Headlines." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. I (2019): 327-334. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).43