Intercultural Pragmatics · 2014 · 12 citations · 0 references
Language StudiesLinguisticsDiscourse AnalysisPragmaticsPerformative UtterancesRhetorical TheorySpeech Act TheorySpeech ActsDirect Speech ActIllocutionary ActsSpeech Act Semantics
The present paper examines the discursive functions of evidentials within the framework of Austinian speech act theory, and analyzes how they are used in a newspaper article. The discursive functions of evidentials are specified as their contribution to the illocutionary force.