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Responding to indirect speech acts
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Clark, Herbert H. |
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Abstract | Indirect speech acts, like the request Do you know the time?, have both a literal meaning, here “I ask you whether you know the time,” and an indirect meaning “I request you to tell me the time.” In this paper I outline a model of how listeners understand such speech acts and plan responses to them. The main proposals are these. The literal meaning of indirect speech acts can be intended to be taken seriously (along with the indirect meaning) or merely pro forma. In the first case listeners are expected to respond to both meanings, as in Yes, I do—it's six, but in the second case only to the indirect meaning, as in It's six. There are at least six sources of information listeners use in judging whether the literal meaning was intended seriously or pro forma, as well as whether there was intended to be any indirect meaning. These proposals were supported in five experiments in which ordinary requests for information were made by telephone of 950 local merchants. |
| Starting Page | 430 |
| Ending Page | 477 |
| Page Count | 48 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/0010-0285(79)90020-3 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~herb/1970s/Clark.responding.79.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/0010028579900203 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://web.stanford.edu/~clark/1970s/Clark,%20H.H.%20_Responding%20to%20indirect%20speech%20acts_%201979.pdf |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://web.stanford.edu/~clark/1970s/Clark.responding.79.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285%2879%2990020-3 |
| Journal | Cognitive Psychology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
