About this document
Understanding Pragmatics and Speech Acts by Nicole is a document available to read on EtoBox.
There are direct and indirect illocutionary acts. Direct acts have syntactic form that matches the intended force, like imperatives for directives. Indirect acts have implied rather than expressed force, softening directness for politeness. Illocutionary acts also vary in whether their propositional content is expressed literally or nonliterally, directly stated or implied through implicature. Felicity conditions regarding context influence whether an act is performed appropriately.
- Author
- Nicole
- Language
- EN