Myth of Speech Act as a Controlling Category in Pragmatic Analysis
In this short article I point to the limitations of the theory of speech acts, perceived as the controlling element of pragmatic analysis. While admitting that the concept of speech act helps systematize and generalize the analysis at the level of a given, individual utterance, I indicate that su...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/13 |
| Summary: | In this short article I point to the limitations of the theory of speech acts, perceived as the
controlling element of pragmatic analysis. While admitting that the concept of speech act
helps systematize and generalize the analysis at the level of a given, individual utterance, I
indicate that such a potential is considerably weaker at the level of discourse. The reason for
such a discrepancy is the relativity of the concept of intention expressed by speech act, which
grows as the analysis moves upwards. |
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| ISSN: | 2543-7844 2543-7844 |