Speech Act Classification A Study in the Lexical Analysis of English

This book presents a new classification of speech acts. It is an alter­ native to all previously published classifications of speech acts. The classification proposed here is based on an extensive set of data, name­ lyon all the verbs designating linguist

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Springer Series in Language and Communication Editor: W J. M. Levelt

Volume 1

Developing Grammars By W. Klein and N. Dittmar

Volume 2

The Child's Conception of Language 2nd Printing Editors: A. Sinclair, R. J. Jarvella, and W. J. M. Levelt

Volume 3

The Logic of Language Development in Early Childhood By M. Miller

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Inferring from Language By L. G. M. Noordman

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Retrieval from Semantic Memory By W. Noordman-Vonk

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Semantics from Different Points of View Editors: R. Bauerle, u. Egli, A. von Stechow

Volume 7

Lectures on Language Performance By Ch. E. Osgood

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Speech Act Classification By Th. Ballmer and W. Brennenstuhl

Volume 9

The Development of Metalinguistic Abilities in Children By D. T. Hakes

Volume 10 Modelling Language Behaviour By R. Narasimhan

Th. Ballmer W. Brennenstuhl

Speech Act Classification A Study in the Lexical Analysis of English Speech Activity Verbs

With 4 Figures

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1981

Dr. Thomas T Ballmer Dr. Waltraud Brennenstuhl Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Sprachwissenschaftliches Institut, UniversitatsstraBe 150 D-4630 Bochum 1, Fed. Rep. of Germany

Series Editor,' Professor Dr. Willem J. M. Levelt Max-Planck-Institut fUr Psycholinguistik, Berg en Dalseweg 79 6522 Be Nijmegen, The Netherlands

ISBN-13: 978-3-642-67760-1 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-67758-8

e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-67758-8

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Ballmer, Thomas T, Speech act classification. (Springer series in language and communication; v. 8) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Speech acts (Linguistics). 2. Lexicology. 3. English language - Verb. 4. English language - Semantics. I. Brennenstuhl, Waltraud, joint author. II. Title. III. Series. P95.55.B34 425 80-23840 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher.

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Preface

This book presents a new classification of speech acts. It is an alternative to all previously published classifications of speech acts. The classification proposed here is based on an extensive set of data, namelyon all the verbs designating linguistic activities and aspects thereof. A theoretically and methodologically justifiable method is used to proceed in a number of steps from these data to the classification. The classification is do