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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"speech-act theory"”.
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Speech act theory, discourse structure and indirect speech
Speech Act Theory is concerned with the ways in which language can be used. It originated with Austin, but was developed by Searle. The theories of Austin and Searle are described and several problem areas are identified. If it is to be a viable theory of language usage, speech act theory must be …
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Speech Act Theory and the Theological Convictions of Preaching
… the preaching event, using the linguistic theory, Speech Act Theory (SAT). Chapter 1 introduces and supports preaching as a priority of Christianity by providing theological convictions about the theological conversation between the preacher, Holy Spirit, the Bible, and the hearer. The …
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The story in conversation: towards an integration of speech act theory and conversational analysis.
… s~ markedly different from the features that characterise a narrative text. An attempt is made in the thesis to locate the study of stories in an area of research that allows analysis in terms )of the interaction of story-teller and addressees in a conversation. Within this area of linguistic …
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Runes: Past and Present
… modern users. By using a modified version of the speech act theory, the notion of "magic" is linguistically operationalized and used to demonstrate the stark contrast between the primary purpose of historical runic texts and modern ones.
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The sound of meaning: theories of voice in twentieth-century thought and performance
… the denigration of the voice in poststructural theory and contemporary performance criticism. The problem has antecedents in twentieth-century language philosophy. Saussure defines language as a compendium of arbitrary words recognized according to the degrees of phonetic difference between …
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"Beowulf maþelode....": text linguistics and speech acts
… attention, that is, the words of the main character himself. The present paper is devoted to such a study of the first person speeches of Beowulf.</p> <p>In this study many interesting and important questions that could be asked about these speeches will not be treated. Such matters, for …
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A Theological Framework for Assessing Verbal Oppression in Marriage
… to use language in ways that reflect God’s character, function according to his purposes, and conform to his moral standards, to the benefit of their spouses and their marital covenant. Because the chief design purpose of language is love that builds up, verbal spousal oppression constitutes …
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They Blush Because They Understand: The Performative Power of Women's Humor and Embarrassment in Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma
… and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma. Using speech-act theory, I specifically examine Elizabeth's, Emma's, and Mary's utterances to demonstrate that in order for humorous utterances to be subversive, they must challenge societal or patriarchal constructs (religion, misogynist men, marriage, …
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Christ, the Gospel, and the Church: The Church's Participation in the Salvation of Its Members
… dissertation proposes that the church plays an active role in the salvation of its members through the proclamation of the gospel. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of the dissertation by positioning it within its current academic and nonacademic context. It then details the thesis and methodology …
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(Im)politeness in email communication: how English speakers and Chinese speakers negotiate meanings and develop intercultural (mis)understandings
… the negotiation of meaning in email interaction. The interplay between the computer-mediated communication, speech acts and (im)politeness are explored by using the analytical frameworks of Hymes’ ethnography of communication, Searle’s speech act theory (1969) and Brown and Levinson’s …
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The language of business interviewing:a study in cross-cultural communication
… An analytical model based on pragmatic and speech act theory is developed to analyse language use in telephone market research interviews. The model aims to evaluate behavioural differences between English, French and West German respondents in the interview situation. The empirical research …
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Performative monuments : public art, commemoration, and history in postwar Europe
… monument, as I term an emergent genre of interactive public actions, rests on a new notion of agency in public space, in which political responsibility is performed by historically aware individuals in acts of commemoration. This dissertation argues that public performance art starting in the …
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Artificial Conversations for Chatter Bots Using Knowledge Representation, Learning, and Pragmatics
… bots. These customer service chatter bots interact with customers, answer their queries, and address service related issues. Traditional chatter bots perform best in artificial conversations consisting of pairs of utterance exchanges such as question-answer sessions, where the context may or may …
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Politeness in Shakespeare
… the ranked extremity (R) of a face-threatening act are the universal determinants of politeness levels in dyadic discourse. This claim is tested here for Shakespeare's use of Early Modern English in Hamiet, King Lear, Maebeth, and Otheilo. The comedies are used because. (i) dramatic texts …
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This is the Word of the Lord: Nicholas Wolterstorff’s account of scripture, appropriated discourse, and divine authorship
… proved difficult for theologians to arrive at a theory of inspiration which adequately grounds the concept of God’s authorship, while also doing justice to the human characteristics of Scripture. A specific challenge relates to texts where it would be nonsensical for God to say what the human …
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Performative power and affective resonance: toward an understanding of Old Testament blessings as speech acts with affective impact
… Testament (OT), situating them as transformative speech acts with enduring significance for covenantal relationships and community identity. By integrating Speech Act Theory (SAT) and Affect Theory (AT), the study investigates the performative power of blessings, their intended perlocutionary …
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Saving reason : Jurgen Habermas's synthesis of western philosophy.
… the linguistification of truth, emphasizes the practical evidence of truth statements as a criterion of their validity. Into this philosophical mixture, Habermas, integrates speech-act theory and theories of cognitive-moral development to create his theory of communicative reason, which grounds …
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A theoretical framework for computer models of cooperative dialogue, acknowledging multi-agent conflict
… modelling cooperative dialogue. The linguistic theory is a version of speech act theory adopted from Cohen and Levesque, in which dialogue utterances are generated and interpreted pragmatically in the context of a theory of rational interaction. The latter is expressed as explicitly and formally …
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Subversive speech acts? An evaluation of an imperial-critical reading of Ephesians
… then employs an eclectic hermeneutic: drawing on speech-act theory, implied/empirical distinctions, and a narrative hermeneutic to construct and evaluate an anti-imperial reading of Ephesians. In doing so, the empirical life-setting of Ephesians is re-examined. Previously underexplored elements of …
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Inflammatory and Conciliatory Rhetoric in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Content Analysis of How Three Newspapers Covered Two Provocative Events
… contrasting responses to two highly provocative acts from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Ariel Sharon's controversial visit to the Temple Mount in February 2000, and a Palestinian terrorist cell's suicide bombing of a nightclub in Tel Aviv in 2005. Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount in 2000 …
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