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COMMUNICATIVE EFFECT ACHIEVED THROUGH SPEECH ACTS OF MANIPULATION
COMMUNICATIVE EFFECT ACHIEVED THROUGH SPEECH ACTS OF MANIPULATION

Author(s): Oksana Grischechko
Subject(s): Pragmatics
Published by: Удружење за развој науке, инжењерства и образовања
Keywords: theory of speech acts; speech acts of manipulation; communicative effect; pragmatics; illocutionary aim;

Summary/Abstract: Linguistic manipulation is a relatively new trend studies in the framework of pragmatics and generally defined as any verbal interaction viewed as goal-oriented and goal-preconditioned phenomenon. It is verbal communication described from the perspective of one of the speakers when he sees himself as a subject of manipulation, while his interlocutor plays the role of an object. Speech acts of manipulation expressed through a variety of utterances having a number of specific aims are used to directly or indirectly convey certain meanings. The article suggest a comprehensive analysis of linguistic means used to construct various types of manipulating and motivating speech acts aimed at conveying different tinges of meaning.

  • Issue Year: 1/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 144-151
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English