Tag: utterance

Token-Reflexive Deixis

Token-reflexive deixis refers to linguistic expressions that point to themselves or their…

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Speech Act Theory

Speech Act Theory, pioneered by J.L. Austin and further developed by John…

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Propositional Act

A propositional act refers to the assertion or denial of a proposition.…

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Perlocutionary Failure

Perlocutionary failure occurs when an utterance achieves its intended illocutionary force but…

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Illocutionary Force: Understanding the Speaker’s Intent

Illocutionary force refers to the speaker's intention in uttering a statement, such…

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First Person Deixis

First person deixis refers to the use of pronouns and other linguistic…

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Deictic Expressions: Understanding Context in Language

Deictic expressions are words or phrases whose meaning depends on the context…

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Deictic Center

The deictic center is the conceptual 'here' and 'now' from which an…

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Adjacency Pair

An adjacency pair is a sequence of two related utterances by different…

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Utterance

An utterance is a complete unit of speech, spoken in a natural…

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