eugenia_diegoli, 7 months ago to linguistics Japanese

A clear case of an indirect #speechact 👉
Me very kindly taking my sister to the station by car, despite having better things to do on a Sunday morning. My sister: “Are you tired? Do you want me to drive?”. Real meaning: “You suck at driving please let me do it” @linguistics #linguistics

eugenia_diegoli, 8 months ago to linguistics Japanese

Nothing that hasn’t already been said in #pragmatics since #speechact theory, but can’t resist resharing something on public #apologies

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-in-transition/202309/life-in-the-age-of-apology

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