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Publication details [#790]

Anscombre, Jean-Claude. 1980. Voulez-vous dériver avec moi? Communications 32 : 61–124.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

French

Keywords

delocutivity | illocutionary derivation | indirect speech act

Journal DOI

10.3406/comm

Annotation

A reanalysis of illocutionary derivation. The hypothesis is made that sentences can be marked by indicators of derivation that point out the mechanism permitting an indirect speech act. Illocutionary derivation is then related to the more general semantic phenomenon of delocutivity.