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Publication details [#9197]

Stiles, William B. 1981. Classification of intersubjective illocutionary acts. Language in Society 10 (2) : 227–249.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

experience | focus | interlocutor | point of view | speech act classification

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

On the basis of three dichotomous principles of classification (source of experience, frame of reference, and focus) the values of which can be either 'speaker' or 'other', S. arrives at eight classes of intersubjective illocutionary acts: disclosure, advisement, edification, confirmation, question, interpretation, acknowledgement, and reflection.

Reviewed by

Verschueren, Jef. 1983. Review article of 'Speech act classification' by T. Ballmer and W. Brennenstuhl.