{"id":1114,"date":"2022-04-06T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/speech-acts-in-english\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T22:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:10:09","slug":"speech-acts-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/ru\/speech-acts-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech Acts in English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

 You will recall that we identified the role of the context in determining the meaning of indexical references such as <\/span>here, there<\/i> or <\/span>now.<\/i> If I say to you: \u201cthe work must be finished <\/span>now\u201d<\/i> and someone else tells you \u201cyouths are far more responsible <\/span>now<\/i> than ever\u201d and your father tells you \u201cI\u2019m here <\/span>now\u201d<\/i> you are able to differentiate between the various indexical <\/span>now<\/i> depending on the context in which each occurs. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last expression for example may be interpreted as a reassurance than mere announcing your father\u2019s presence at that particular time or even a warning. Speech acts show the force that utterances have for counting as actions rather than mere giving of information. In this article we shall examine in fair detail how words or utterances perform actions such as promising, commanding, warning etc.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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