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Illocutionary constructions in English : cognitive motivation and linguistic realization : a study of the syntactic realizations of the directive, commissive and expressive speech acts in English

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Contents: A cognitive approach to illocution - The speech act of ordering - The speech act of requesting - The speech act of advising - The speech act of offering - The speech act of promising - The speech act of threatening - The speech act of congratulating - The speech act of thanking - The speech act of apologizing - The speech act of pardoning - The speech act of condoling - The speech act of boasting.

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Key concepts: Speech act, Directive, Realization (probability), Linguistics, Psychology, Indirect speech, Cognition, Computer science