Directive act of speech in the bourgeois comedy of customs from 17th century: Toward modern language and usage patterns? I. Direct formulations Cover Image

Actos directivos en la comedia burguesa de costumbres del siglo XVIII: ¿hacia patrones lingüísticos y de uso modernos? I. Formulaciones directas
Directive act of speech in the bourgeois comedy of customs from 17th century: Toward modern language and usage patterns? I. Direct formulations

Author(s): Silvia Iglesias Recuero
Subject(s): Pragmatics, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: historical pragmatics; history of Spanish language; directive speech acts; non-impositive negative politeness;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is meant as a contribution to the Spanish historical pragmatics. It consists of a pragmalinguistic analysis of directive speech acts from five plays of the so-called bourgeois comedy of customs introduced in Spain by Enlightenment authors in the second half of the 18th century. The different linguistic expressions of these acts, their illocutionary values and their conditions of use are studied in detail.

  • Issue Year: 22/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 147-159
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Spanish
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