Table of contents
List of Tablesvii
Acknowledgmentsix
1. Introduction1
1.1. The background of the research1
1.2. An etic approach to speech acts4
1.3. The goals and strategy of the study7
2. The Ethnography of Speaking and the Ethnography of Doing11
2.1. What emic definitions of speech acts can't do11
2.2. The limits of emically defined speech events and situations16
2.3. Speech acts and communicative intentions21
2.4. The taxonomy of speech acts26
3. Classifying Speech Acts37
3.1. Intended effects46
3.2. Communicative intentions before language49
3.3. Comprehending speech acts in context56
3.4. Language devices expressing illocutionary acts64
4. The Structure of Speech Acts69
4.1. Address69
4.2. Motivators74
4.3. The analysis of modality & modulation77
4.4. Procedures91
5. Behavioral Counts of Speech Acts97
5.1. Defining measures based on the taxonomy of speech acts97
5.2. Coding Directive and Commissive measures100
5.3. The other speech act measures118
5.4. Conclusions119
Footnotes125
References129
Appendix A: Transcript of conversation in one household 5:05 P.M. to 5:19 P.M.139
Appendix B: Speaking about the day's events: One side of a telephone talk149
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