A constructional approach to the expression of illocutionary meaning: An analysis of constructions performing the speech acts of requesting and begging
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: The present paper aims at describing the linguistic parameters of illocutionary constructions within the scope of the Lexical-Constructional Model (Mairal and Ruiz de Mendoza 2008, 2009;Ruiz de Mendoza and Mairal 2008).Illocutionary constructions are conventionalized strings conformed by fixed and modifiable elements that convey specific forms of illocutionary meaning.In this work, we study the semantic and pragmatic base of a number of illocutionary constructions performing the speech acts of requesting and begging.This analysis attempts to reveal the formal differences in the constructions in relation to their illocutionary meaning.The formulation of the Cost-Benefit Cognitive Model (Ruiz de Mendoza and Baicchi 2007;Baicchi and Ruiz de Mendoza 2011) will serve as a guiding tool in this research.
Source: RIUR (Universidad de La Rioja)
Author: Nuria Del Campo Martínez
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2109093865