O konvencionalnosti izvanjezičnih formi izraza s pozicija teorije govornog čina
On the conventionality of some forms of non-linguistic expressions

Summary/Abstract: One of the main theoretical problems appearing in the analysis of so-called non-verbal communication from the standpoint of Speech act theory is the conventionality of some forms of non-linguistic expressions in certain so-called illocutionary meanings. After a summary presentation of the concept of conventionality as explained in Speech act theory, some conventional and unconventional uses of certain non-linguistic forms of expressions are reconstructed as examples: gesture shrug the shoulders, laughter, silence, physical distance from collocutor, and such expressions as whistling or raising hands (in the meaning eg. to whistle down and to vote, respectively).

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