Publications

Publication details [#9023]

Souza Filho, Danilo Marcondes De. 1983. Action-guiding language. Journal of Pragmatics 7 : 49–62.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

directive | evaluation | institutional context

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

An analysis of the action-guiding, directive character of language that is derived from evaluative elements and institutional factors which enter into its character and which may be beyond the speaker's and hearer's recognition and control.