Directives (with a special emphasis on requests)
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.What is a directive?
- 2.1Definitions in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions
- 2.2Definitions in terms of graded membership
- 2.3Provisional conclusion
- 3.Subtypes of directives
- 3.1Definitions in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions
- 3.2Definitions in terms of graded membership
- 3.3Provisional conclusion
- 4.Directives as face-threatening speech acts
- 5.Requests and pre-requests
- 6.Requests as speech events
- 7.The social effectiveness of directives
- 8.Conclusion, recent developments and future directions
-
Notes
-
References