Pragmatic speech act

Illocutionary acts are considered the core of the theory of speech acts. As already suggested abo...

[英文口說] Direct and Indirect Speech Acts · 1. When do people generally use indirect speech? · 2. Wh...

by asking permission to perform the speech act (a directive), e.g., May I ask you to pass the sal...

Dorschel, Andreas, 'What is it to understand a directive speech act?', in: Australasian Journal o...