Publications
Publication details [#14188]
Toolan, Michael. 2000. 'What makes you think you exist?': A speech move schematic and its application to Pinter's The Birthday Party. Journal of Pragmatics 32 (2) : 177–201.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
Journal WWW
Annotation
Based on a scheme of four primary speech moves (Informs, Questions, Requests, and Undertakings) and a fifth secondary one (Acknowledgements), an interrogation scene in a play by Harold Pinter is analyzed. It is argued that the scheme allows for detailed analysis of the interaction, is easy to use and has general analytical validity.