Abstract:It has been observed that speech act theory studies have mainly focused on Western orators and societies, whereas studies conducted on Eastern orators are still limited and insufficient, especially on youth speakers and youth political representatives in Malaysia. This paper will report on illocutionary type features of Speech Acts used in Syed Saddiq's (a young member of Parliament for Muar) 'A Lost in Generation: Youth in Politics' speech and explain how the identified illocutionary type features project the… Show more
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