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Publication details [#965]

Auwera, Johan van der. 1980. On the meaning of basic speech acts. Journal of Pragmatics 4 (3) : 253–264.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
belief | desire | imperative2 | interrogative2 | optative | speech act | stating
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Annotation

Assertions, and interrogative, imperative and optative speech acts are considered basic speech acts. Assertions are associated with a 'belief' on the part of the speaker, the other types with a 'desire'.