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Publication details [#701]

Baicchi, Annalisa. 2012. On acting and thinking: Studies bridging between speech acts and cognition. Edizioni ETS, Pisa. 187 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
ISBN
9788846735102

Abstract

This book collects the results of an investigation that examines the interplay between linguistic structures and cognitive process involved in the construal of illocutionary meaning; More specifically, the author focuses on directive, commissive and expressive speech acts. The analysis of these three speech acts is carried out by referring to the Cost-Benefit Cognitive Model, a recent theoretical framework that is circumscribed within Cognitive Linguistics and Golbergian Construction Grammar. According to this model, illocutionary meaning is instantiated by illocutionary constructions, i.e. entrenched and replicable lexico-grammatical configurations that activate relevant parts of the illocutionary scenario in connection to the situational context. By referring to the Cost-Benefit Cognitive Model, the author proposes a deep analysis of what illocutionary meaning is, demonstrating her research outcomes by generously referring to three corpus-based case studies of English.