Questions tagged [speech-acts]
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Is this free indirect speech?
The next morning, when the alarm went off, he wanted to keep his eyes
closed and keep on with the dream he was having. Something about a
farmhouse. And there was a waterfall in there, too. Someone, he ...
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basic studies on declaratives in speech act theory
I am looking for some sources on declaratives in speech act theory. I have basic studies like Austin, Searle or Bach & Harnish. What I'm looking for is more specific books or articles on basic or ...
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Performative verbs - speech act
The sentence: "I order you to do X". order is a performative verb, it is a speech act which has the illocutionary force is an order.
The sentence: "I inspire you to do X". Although ...