Free Indirect Speech in Northanger Abbey

The Evolution of Literary Theory: towards a Bio-cultural Approach to Literature through Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey

Indirect Speech Acts

In this paper, we address several puzzles concerning speech acts, particularly indirect speech acts. We show how a formal semantic theory of discourse interpretation can be used to define speech acts and to avoid murky issues concerning the metaphysics of action. We provide a formally precise definition of indirect speech acts, including the subclass of so-called conventionalized indirect speec...

Authors: Abbey, Bob

Adaptive management is a management approach to address uncertainty in natural resources. The origin of the adaptive approach as a tool, the need for an adaptive process and its relationship to environmental management will be described. Variations of adaptive management will be reviewed as well as the definition and institutional role of adaptive management within the BLM. This will include th...

Characterizing Indirect Speech Acts

This paper presents the core of a descriptive theory of indirect speech acts, i.e. utterances in which one speech act form is used to realize another, different, speech act. The proposed characterization of indirect speech acts is based on principles of goal formation, viewed in the context of a general structural model of action. The model of action is used to develop rules that characterize a...

The logic of indirect speech.

When people speak, they often insinuate their intent indirectly rather than stating it as a bald proposition. Examples include sexual come-ons, veiled threats, polite requests, and concealed bribes. We propose a three-part theory of indirect speech, based on the idea that human communication involves a mixture of cooperation and conflict. First, indirect requests allow for plausible deniability...