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Indirect speech acts

  • Brown G
ACM SIGART Bulletin (1978) (66) 6-6
DOI: 10.1145/1045416.1045423
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Abstract

1. A characterization of the forms that may be used to convey particular speech acts.2. A description of mechanism(s) to relate surface forms to underlying speech acts.3. An account of the conversational implications of choosing a particular surface form.For a theory to adequately deal with indirect speech acts, it must contain at least the following components:

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Brown, G. P. (1978). Indirect speech acts. ACM SIGART Bulletin, (66), 6–6. https://doi.org/10.1145/1045416.1045423

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