Keyword : Music, Therapy, Pragmatic acts, Social issues
Author(s) : Seun Akintaro, Opeyemi Adegbosin & Raphael Olaitan Olujimi
Abstract :
Music is an artistic tool which is embedded with diverse pragmatic acts aimed at addressing social issues affecting individuals within society. Extant linguistic studies on Nigerian musical renditions have examined stylistic variations, ideological values and discourse issues with little attention paid to how pragmatic acts are used as linguistic tools through which social issues are addressed. Therefore, this study has been designed to investigate the pragmatic functions of selected Yinka Ayefele’s songs to determine the linguistic relevance of music to (re)solving social issues. The Textual Part of Jacob Mey’s Pragmatic Act Theory and Anita Fetzer’s conceptualisation of Macro Context served as the framework. The data were purposively selected from eight of Yinka Ayefele’s music albums, which are crafted with songs that capture contemporary social issues dominant within the Nigerian socio-cultural context. Data were subjected to pragmatic analysis. Findings show that five pragmatic acts: acknowledging, requesting, informing, promising, and warning, are deployed in the selected songs. These acts are specifically used to address social issues which revolve around: ungrateful human attitude, disappointment, unhappiness, betrayal, and other perplexities of life. These acts, respectively, are used to perform pragmatic functions of showing appreciation, stimulating an exciting mood, giving comfort and assurance of hope, emphasising God’s reciprocity nature, and cautioning strategy. The realisations of these pragmatic functions are enhanced by metaphor (MPH), inference (INF), and linguistic and social context. It is through these acts that this study posits that Yinka Ayefele’s songs are linguistic embodiments of social and emotional dimensions of therapy suitable for suppressing induced stressors.
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