Re: A Simple Four Phrase Types Theory

Muke Tever wrote:
> E fésto Philippe Caquant > >
> > 2/ imperative sentences. The speaker expects that the
> > addressee will produce in return some act or action,
> > excluding sole speech acts.
Actually, I think Imperative could be subsumed under Performative, on the
assumption  there is an underlying "I order/command that you...."

In fact IIRC one version of Transformational Grammar claimed that all
sentences had an underlying Performative:

I state that.... (declarative)
I question/ask that.... (interrog.)
I order that.... (imper.)
The only time the "underlying performative" wasn't deleted was with actual
performatives:  "I sentence you to death/ 20 years", "I now pronounce you
man and wife" etc.  (This view of grammar, I think, didn't get very
far.........)