Several speech-act theories hinge on taxonomies which divide the total set of illocutions into mutually exclusive and homogeneous subsets. This book starts with a critical appraisal of these classifications and then suggests an alternative approach on the basis of arguments from cognitive linguistics: an analysis of illocutionary-force indicating devices, such as illocutionary verbs, which are singled out as the object of investigation because they directly name illocutions. A partial analysis of 120 illocutionary verbs is undertaken within the framework of Cognitive Grammar and based on authentic data. The verbs are analysed with regard to their valence potential, more specifically constructions involving clausal complements: direct-speech constructions, that-clauses, infinitival complements, participial complements and gerundival complements.
| ISBN: | 9783631499986 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 1996 |
| Author: | Johan Vanparys |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Edition an imprint of Lang, Peter, GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wiss |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 249 pages |
| Series: | Duisburger Arbeiten Zur Sprach- Und Kulturwissenschaft : Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Language learning: speaking skills Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
Several speech-act theories hinge on taxonomies which divide the total set of illocutions into mutually exclusive and homogeneous subsets. This book starts with a critical appraisal of these classifications and then suggests an alternative approach on the basis of arguments from cognitive linguistics: an analysis of illocutionary-force indicating devices, such as illocutionary verbs, which are singled out as the object of investigation because they directly name illocutions. A partial analysis of 120 illocutionary verbs is undertaken within the framework of Cognitive Grammar and based on authentic data. The verbs are analysed with regard to their valence potential, more specifically constructions involving clausal complements: direct-speech constructions, that-clauses, infinitival complements, participial complements and gerundival complements.
Categories and Complements of Illocutionary Verbs in a Cognitive Perspective features in the following genres: Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Language learning: speaking skills, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Categories and Complements of Illocutionary Verbs in a Cognitive Perspective is available in Paperback
Categories and Complements of Illocutionary Verbs in a Cognitive Perspective was written by Johan Vanparys and published by Peter Lang Edition an imprint of Lang, Peter, GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wiss
Categories and Complements of Illocutionary Verbs in a Cognitive Perspective has 249 pages