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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Main Author:	Piotr Cap
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2016-06-01
Series:	Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium
Subjects:	speech act theory austin micropragmatic level macropragmatic level
Online Access:	https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/13

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spelling	doaj-3e0b07321bea476cb173c3f38789f0d52021-04-01T13:04:55ZengCracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language StudiesPółrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium2543-78442543-78442016-06-0111 & 2506010.7592/Tertium2016.1.2.Cap11Myth of Speech Act as a Controlling Category in Pragmatic Analysis Piotr Cap0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-4112Uniwersytet ŁódzkiIn 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.https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/13speech act theoryaustinmicropragmatic levelmacropragmatic level
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title	Myth of Speech Act as a Controlling Category in Pragmatic Analysis
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description	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.
topic	speech act theory austin micropragmatic level macropragmatic level
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Myth of Speech Act as a Controlling Category in Pragmatic Analysis

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