This chapter aims to contribute to the discussion of indirect speech acts by describing how constructionist approaches to language (Boas 2003; Goldberg 2006; Ruiz de Mendoza and Galera 2014) are suitable to depict the interplay of illocutions with Idealised Cognitive Models (Lakoff 1987), in particular with conceptual metonymy. I conceive of speech acts as illocutionary constructions, which are “entrenched, productive and replicable form-function pairings characterised as constructional procedures capable of jointly activating parts of illocutionary scenarios in connection with relevant elements from the context of situation” (Baicchi 2012).
Illocutionary constructions and conceptual metonymies
BAICCHI, ANNALISA
2017-01-01
Abstract
This chapter aims to contribute to the discussion of indirect speech acts by describing how constructionist approaches to language (Boas 2003; Goldberg 2006; Ruiz de Mendoza and Galera 2014) are suitable to depict the interplay of illocutions with Idealised Cognitive Models (Lakoff 1987), in particular with conceptual metonymy. I conceive of speech acts as illocutionary constructions, which are “entrenched, productive and replicable form-function pairings characterised as constructional procedures capable of jointly activating parts of illocutionary scenarios in connection with relevant elements from the context of situation” (Baicchi 2012).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
