Basic illocutions in the native languages of Brazil
<p>This paper shows that the distribution of basic illocutions (defined as grammatical structures that can be related to a default communicative intentions) within and across the indigenous languages of Brazil can be described systematically in terms of a set of implicational hierarchi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
2007-07-01
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| Series: | Alfa: Revista de Lingüística |
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| Online Access: | http://seer.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/1438 |
| Summary: | <p>This paper shows that the distribution of basic illocutions (defined as grammatical structures that can be related to a default communicative intentions) within and across the indigenous languages of Brazil can be described systematically in terms of a set of implicational hierarchies by means of which the existence of certain basic illocutions can be predicted from the existence of others. In doing so, a case is made for a major distinction between propositional and behavioural basic illocutions, the former having to do with the exchange of information, the latter with influencing behaviour.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0002-5216 1981-5794 |