Book contents
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Classic Speech Act Theoretic Approaches
- 2 The Semantics of Sentence-Types
- 3 Cognitive and Relevance-Based Approaches
- 4 The Comprehension of ISAs
- 5 Indirectness, Politeness and the Social Context
- 6 Computational and Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Indirectness
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2021
Book contents
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Classic Speech Act Theoretic Approaches
- 2 The Semantics of Sentence-Types
- 3 Cognitive and Relevance-Based Approaches
- 4 The Comprehension of ISAs
- 5 Indirectness, Politeness and the Social Context
- 6 Computational and Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Indirectness
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
The goal of this book was threefold: describe the theoretical complexity ofISAs, explain how people manage to interpret them correctly and understandwhy speakers resort to them.
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- Indirect Speech Acts , pp. 198 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021