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Re: A Simple Four Phrase Types Theory

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, January 17, 2004, 13:58
Philippe Caquant wrote:

>A Simple Four Phrase Types Theory > >I called it so because I discovered 5 of them (of >course). > >The idea is that every sentence that a speaker may >produce, being one way or another destinated to an >addressee, had to belong to one of the 4 (+1) semantic >types below, these types being based on the concept of >intentionality : > >1/ enunciative sentences. By such sentences the >speaker just wants some information to get to the >addressee’s conscience, whatever the information may >be (“objective” information, persuasion, blame, joke >or whatever). He doesn’t expect anything particular in >return, except maybe an acknowledgement like “OK, got >it”. > >2/ imperative sentences. The speaker expects that the >addressee will produce in return some act or action, >excluding sole speech acts. > >3/ interrogative sentences. The speaker expects that >the addressee will provide some information (speech >act) in return to his request. > >4/ performative sentences. The speech act is itself a >(social) act (it modifies relations in the universe). > >A fifth type would be “unintentional” sentences, where >there is no intention at all, as the names suggests >it, and in some cases even no addressee. There are >usually “instinctive” sentences. > > >
Surely the latter, by your examples, should be emotive sentences, trying to express a feeling.

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Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>