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•Itdependsmoreonthecontext
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pragmatics=meaning-semanticsSpeechActTheorySpeechActTheory•HowtoDoThingswithWords----JohnLangshawAustinPerformativesandConstativesPerformativesandConstatives(施为句、叙事句)(施为句、叙事句)•Performative:Theutteringofthesesentencesis,orisapartof,thedoingofanaction
•Constatives:adescriptionofwhatthespeakerisdoingatthetimeofspeaking
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