Using Lexical Items for Achieving the Impression of Self-promotion and Self-supplication: A Critical Pragmatic Analysis

Abstract

The present study deals with the use of lexical items by Tom Hardy for self-promotion and Self-supplication. It deals with the use of different lexical items as a micro level device by Tom Hardy to be viewed as the successful Hollywood actor who acts in successful films besides being viewed as the helpless young man who made illegal actions for being immature to gain more fame, wealth, new turns in films and passing the ideology of Americanism to the audience. The problem of this study is that the use lexical items by Tom Hardy for gaining the impressions of self-promotion and supplication has not been tackled within the field of critical pragmatics. This study aims at finding out the types of lexical items used by Tom Hardy in Jonothan Ross Show for self-promotion and self-supplication. This study hypothesizes that Tom Hardy uses mainly lexical items with experiential value to be viewed as a successful actor and helpless young man. This study is significant since it deals with the use of social psychological strategies by an actor for influencing the audience from a critical pragmatic perceptive.