Hearers and Speech Acts

by: Herbert H Clark, Thomas B Carlson

Language, Vol. 58, No. 2. (1982), pp. 332-373.

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In conversations involving more than two people, most utterances are intended to be understood not only by the people being addressed, but also by the others. These utterances cannot be accounted for in current theories of speech acts unless several basic changes are made. In our proposal, the speaker performs two types of illocutionary act with each utterance. One is the traditional kind, such as an assertion, promise, or apology; this is directed at the addressees. The other, called an informative, is directed at all the participants in the conversation-the addressees and third parties alike. It is intended to inform all of them jointly of the assertion, promise, or apology being directed at the addressees. We present evidence that every traditional illocutionary act is performed by means of an informative.

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TY - JOUR ID - ClarkCarlson1982Hearers L3 - citeulike-article-id:1032099 N2 - In conversations involving more than two people, most utterances are intended to be understood not only by the people being addressed, but also by the others. These utterances cannot be accounted for in current theories of speech acts unless several basic changes are made. In our proposal, the speaker performs two types of illocutionary act with each utterance. One is the traditional kind, such as an assertion, promise, or apology; this is directed at the addressees. The other, called an informative, is directed at all the participants in the conversation-the addressees and third parties alike. It is intended to inform all of them jointly of the assertion, promise, or apology being directed at the addressees. We present evidence that every traditional illocutionary act is performed by means of an informative. IS - 2 JF - Language EP - 373 TI - Hearers and Speech Acts VL - 58 SP - 332 KW - _d_conversational-strategy KW - coordination KW - dialogue AU - Clark, Herbert AU - Carlson, Thomas PY - 1982/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/414102 ER -

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