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Reference and Computational Models of Illocutionary Acts

My general goal in this paper is to explore possible relations between a cognitive analysis of the notion of reference on the one hand, and computational models of speech acts (illocutionary acts, to be precise) on the other. On the cognitive side, we have the following problem: how can thoughts (and sentences that articulate them) be about objects? The deceptive simplicity of the question mask...

compactifications and function spaces on weighted semigruops

chapter one is devoted to a moderate discussion on preliminaries, according to our requirements. chapter two which is based on our work in (24) is devoted introducting weighted semigroups (s, w), and studying some famous function spaces on them, especially the relations between go (s, w) and other function speces are invesigated. in fact this chapter is a complement to (32). one of the main fea...

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On speech acts of commitment in English

Speech acts of commitment have been recognized since the early days of speech act theory as being a well-defined subset (Austin, 1962: 157ff.) and have been the object of attention, at least in the formal sense of specifying precondition and contexts for their occurrence and success (Searle, 1969: 57ff.). Commitment is a quite wide-ranging phenomenon and the narrower act of promising should be ...

Using YouTube to Teach Presidential Election Propaganda : Twelve Representative Videos

concepts to fully understand the propaganda they encounter every time they turn on their televisions or surf the Internet during an election year. If students are to make informed political decisions as adults, then they must learn to decipher ways politicians manipulate media. The good news is that access to presidential propaganda has never been easier. The Internet, in particular, is a wonde...