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Speech Act Theory and Pragmatics (Hardcover, 1980 ed.)
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Speech Act Theory and Pragmatics (Hardcover, 1980 ed.)
Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 10
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In the study of language, as in any other systematic study, there
is no neutral terminology. Every technical term is an expression of
the assumptions and theoretical presuppositions of its users; and
in this introduction, we want to clarify some of the issues that
have surrounded the assumptions behind the use of the two terms
"speech acts" and "pragmatics." The notion of a speech act is
fairly well understood. The theory of speech acts starts with the
assumption that the minimal unit of human communica tion is not a
sentence or other expression, but rather the performance of certain
kinds of acts, such as making statements, asking questions, giving
orders, describing, explaining, apologizing, thanking,
congratulating, etc. Characteristically, a speaker performs one or
more of these acts by uttering a sentence or sentences; but the act
itself is not to be confused with a sentence or other expression
uttered in its performance. Such types of acts as those exemplified
above are called, following Austin, illocutionary acts, and they
are standardly contrasted in the literature with certain other
types of acts such as perlocutionary acts and propositional acts.
Perlocutionary acts have to do with those effects which our
utterances have on hearers which go beyond the hearer's
understanding of the utterance. Such acts as convincing,
persuading, annoying, amusing, and frightening are all cases of
perlocutionary acts."
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