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Direct Speech Acts - Brandeis University

Indirect Speech Acts Let's look again at the interrogative sentence: (d1) Did Jenny get an A on the test? direct question (d2) Do you know if Jenny got an A on the test? indirect question The reply is directed to the speech act meaning, not the literal meaning. Other indirect ways of asking the same question, using the declarative form: (d3) I'd like to know if Jenny got an A on the test ...

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