Abstract

This study examines the use of deixis for personal, spatial and temporal anchorage of political discourse. Using two thematically and contextually different speeches of Nigeria's president Olusegun Obasanjo as its database, the paper establishes how politicians can associate with and dissociate from actions taken by them or their officers at different times.I conclude by locating some of the antics of political leaders to conscript their subjects into accepting their views on controversial issues or positions.