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indirect speech acts: a standalone construct

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Pragmatics

utterances whose intended action differs from their literal form, such as 'can you close the window?' used as a request.

In pragmatics, indirect speech acts refers to utterances whose intended action differs from their literal form, such as 'can you close the window?' used as a request. This meaning comes from Clark (1979) in Cognitive Psychology.[1]

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References

Clark, H. H. (1979). Responding to indirect speech acts. Cognitive Psychology, 11(4), 430-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(79)90020-3

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