Speech Act Theory and the Speech Situation Etsuko Oishi Esercizi Filosofici 1‚ 2006‚ pp. 1-14 ISSN 1970-0164 link: http://www.univ.trieste.it/~eserfilo/art106/oishi106.pdf AUSTIN’S SPEECH ACT THEORY AND THE SPEECH SITUATION Etsuko Oishi The talk starts with a question‚ why do we discuss Austin now? While answering the question‚ I will (I) present an interpretation of Austin’s speech act theory‚ (II) discuss speech act theory after Austin‚ and (III) extend Austin’s speech act theory by developing
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Question 1: The tragedy of the commons a) Using the example of a problem of the global commons outline the “tragedy of the commons” and explain its causes. In order to aptly outline the “tragedy of the commons” using an example of a problem of the global commons‚ it is essential to first put in context what both terms mean and how they relate to each other. The “tragedy of the commons” is a type of market failure under the banner of property rights that is described as ‘an economic problem in
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Speech Act Theory to the Analysis of Conversation: How Pre-sequences Work Francois Cooren Universite de Montreal Language and Social Interaction scholars (whether ethnomethodologists‚ ethnographers‚ or conversation analysts) often criticize speech act theorists for using invented sentences and fictional situations to illustrate their points‚ a practice which‚ according to these detractors‚ fails to capture the complexity and sequentiality of human interactions. In contrast‚ speech act theorists
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15‚ 2012 Backscatter Technology: The Debate Revealed On June 24‚ 2010‚ senators Amy Klobuchar and Bob Bennett introduced a bill to the Senate called the “Securing Aircraft From Explosives Responsibility: Advanced Imaging Recognition Act‚” also known as “SAFER AIR Act of 2010” (Taylor 3). The bill aimed to mandate the use of full-body scanners in airports as the primary method of screening by 2013 (Taylor 3). The passing of this bill threw fuel on an already firey debate as to whether full-body scanners
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George Orwell‚ author of book 1984‚ portrays a large group of people within a society who are being brain washed to believe in‚ and‚ or do things they otherwise would never do or think. In this society one party‚ like in all societies‚ have a more prosperous set of people who keep certain truths from the people. Then follows the middle class party and then the lower class. The wealthier group; the inner party‚ gain everything purely off hate and manipulate the working class who are known as the proles
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“Consumer society gives people choice.” Discuss this claim. UK society in the past has been described as an industrial society with social classes being defined around a person’s employment status. Consequently‚ only those who were very wealthy and had surplus income were considered consumers. However‚ with developments in technologies‚ an increased amount of workers in “white collar” jobs and shifts in living costs‚ the term “consumer society” is one which suggests our contemporary life styles
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Estela Garcia June 10‚ 2014 PHI 2010 Module 3: Chapter 13 & 15. 1. Explain and evaluate the notions of Karma‚ samsara‚ and Nirvana. - Karma‚ samsara and nirvana fall under the religion of Hinduism. When all of our actions bring consequences‚ either in this life or the next is referred as karma. Samsara means the cycle of birth and death. Us humans are basically good‚ but are caught up in a cycle of pure desire and also of suffering that is a direct result of ignorance and of the
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______ Reading Module #1 On Your Own This activity gives you two reading passages with which to practice the Active Reading Strategies you learned in Reading Module #1. Directions: Complete the activity by reading each passage and answering the questions. Do not forget to spell check and proofread your work. When you have completed this activity‚ please upload it to the Dropbox for this week. Reading #1: The lie behind those gloomy national polls Ask Americans how they feel about
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Early Communication: Beyond Speech-Act Theory Anna Papafragou University of Pennsylvania 1. Introduction For the past two decades‚ speech-act theory has been one of the basic tools for studying pragmatics from both a theoretical and an experimental perspective. In this paper‚ I want to discuss certain aspects of the theory with respect to data from early communication in children. My aim will be to show that some of the central assumptions of the speech-act model of utterance comprehension need
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The article "Tragedy of the Commons" explains Hardin’s theory that a misguided or mistaken use of the human ethics is catastrophic and will result in what he called "Tragedy of the Commons". In this article‚ Hardin explains that "commons" are resources shared by the society as a whole with access to that "commons" without restrictions. Those are resources with maximum capacity and limit to support its usage. In his example on the herdsman‚ Hardin demonstrated the irrational behavior and unethical
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