Indirect Speech Acts

Indirect communication is a phenomenon pervasive in our daily lives. This book explores this fascinating topic, and provides insights into the psychological processes and the social dynamics underlying indirect communication. Adopting a truly interdisciplinary perspective, it will appeal to students and scholars from diverse backgrounds.

List of contents

1. Classic Speech Act Theoretic Approaches; 2. The Semantics of Sentence-Types; 3. Cognitive and Relevance-Based Approaches; 4. The Comprehension of ISAs; 5. Indirectness, Politeness, and the Social Context; 6. Computational and Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Indirectness; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.

About the author

Nicolas Ruytenbeek specializes in experimental approaches to speech acts and politeness, using a combination of corpus data and psychophysiological methods. He is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, Ghent University.

Summary

Indirect communication is a phenomenon pervasive in our daily lives. This book explores this fascinating topic, and provides insights into the psychological processes and the social dynamics underlying indirect communication. Adopting a truly interdisciplinary perspective, it will appeal to students and scholars from diverse backgrounds.

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Ruytenbeek, Ruytenbeek Nicolas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781108483179
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48317-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Sociology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc