29.1391, Diss: English; French; Cognitive Science; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics: Nicolas Ruytenbeek: ''The mechanics of indirectness: A case study of directive speech acts''
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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:03:01
From: Nicolas Ruytenbeek [nruytenb at ulb.ac.be]
Subject: The mechanics of indirectness: A case study of directive speech acts
Institution: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
Program: Linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2017
Author: Nicolas Ruytenbeek
Dissertation Title: The mechanics of indirectness: A case study of directive
speech acts
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
French (fra)
Dissertation Director(s):
Mikhail Kissine
Dissertation Abstract:
This dissertation investigates the comprehension of indirect requests (IRs).
Focusing on English and French, it proposes that IRs such as Can you + verbal
phrase (for short, Can you VP?) achieve an optimal communicative efficiency
because, while they entail extra processing costs, they match the expected
level of politeness in many contexts. The approach taken combines Talmy’s
force dynamic semantics with a traditional perspective in philosophy of
language drawing on speech act theory.
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