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Publication details [#3879]

Goossens, Louis. 1982. 'Say': A case of perspectivization on the scene of linguistic action.

Publication type

Working paper

Publication language

English

Keywords

frame | linguistic action verb | perspectivization

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

Corpus-based study of the basic meaning of 'say', its contribution to the framing of the linguistic action scene, and of how its basic meaning varies according to its contexts of use.

Reprints

Dirven, René, Louis Goossens, Yvan Putseys and Emma Vorlat. 1982. 'Say': Focus on the message. In Dirven, René, Louis Goossens, Yvan Putseys and Emma Vorlat, eds. The scene of linguistic action and its perspectivization by speak, talk, say and tell. John Benjamins. pp. 85–131.