Speech Act Theory and Communication

Dr Phyllis K. Kaburise is a Ghanaian and a naturalized New Zealander who is currently working at the University of Venda, South Africa. Her main research interests are the acquisition of English as a second language and pragmatics. She has lived and worked in places such as Ghana, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, and is currently with the language section of English Department at the University of Venda. She is also in charge of the Arts bridging programme for students needing support to undertake tertiary education. Dr Kaburise did her undergraduate studies at the University of Ghana in Legon, and her Masters with the University of East Anglia, Britain, although her actual supervision was done at Cambridge. Her doctoral research was done with the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in the areas of language acquisition and pragmatics.