Direct Illocution
Direct Illocution
A direct illocution is an illocutionary act in which only the illocutionary force and propositional content literally expressed by the lexical items and syntactic form of the utterance are communicated.
Page/s: 25
Source: Searle and Vanderveken 1985
Searle, John, and Daniel Vanderveken. 1985.Foundations of illocutionary logic. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 30–32
Source: Searle 1979
Searle, John. 1979.Expression and meaning: Studies in the theory of speech acts. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 274
Source: Levinson 1983
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 37–38
Source: Leech 1983
Leech, Geoffrey. 1983.Principles of pragmatics. London: Longman.
Broader Terms
Related terms
- RT⇆ Illocutionary Force
- RT⇆ Proposition
- RT⇆ Question
- RT⇆ Utterance
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