Book contents
- Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
- Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Illustrations and Tables
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Basics
- Part II Framework
- 6 Analytic Framework
- 7 Expressions
- 8 Speech Acts
- 9 Discourse
- Part III Applying the Framework
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
8 - Speech Acts
from Part II - Framework
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2021
- Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
- Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Illustrations and Tables
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Basics
- Part II Framework
- 6 Analytic Framework
- 7 Expressions
- 8 Speech Acts
- 9 Discourse
- Part III Applying the Framework
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 discusses how our framework can be operationalised in cross-cultural pragmatic research focusing on the analytic unit of speech act. We first propose a typology of speech acts. This typology is essentially different from others, in that it provides a system of speech acts based on their interactional and relational functions. We argue that in using any typology of speech acts, it is fundamental for the cross-cultural pragmatician to avoid unnecessarily proliferating speech act categories. After outlining our model typology of speech acts, we provide a coding scheme by means of which speech acts can be systematically described in data analysis.
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- Cross-Cultural Pragmatics , pp. 105 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021